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“The truck traffic has tripled,” said Henry W. Reager, owner and operator of the Blue Ridge Grocery located on Route 522 near Chester Gap. “These roads can’t take it.”
Peggy Clark, owner of The Corner Post Restaurant on Route 522 in Flint Hill, voiced similar regrets. She estimated the recent increase in truck traffic to be around 50 to 60 percent! “It’s
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