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The resolution, drafted by Clerk Diane Bruce, notes the increase of “through truck-traffic on Route 522 in Rappahannock County.” After citing the length of Route 522, most of which is “narrow and uneven two-laned highway..." and the “...potential danger to the life and limb of the residents and small children of the rural communities.” the resolution concludes: “Be it resolved that the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors finds Route 522 not to be suitable for the enormous increase of heavy truck traffic.”
The resolution asks the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation to rescind its ban on trucks and to reopen Routes 15 and 17 in Fauquier County.
State Highway Commissioner Harold C. King ordered the ban, which took effect November 19, in response to a tractor trailer wreck that killed four women north of Warrenton on Route 17, a narrow, two-lane stretch of highway. The ban, encouraged by public outcry over the high frequency of accidents on Route 17, was to end February 17, after highway officials had studied traffic patterns and accident statistics to determine whether the ban should be permanent.
Citing the need for further study, Commissioner King extended the ban in January to April 3. He has since made the ban permanent, at least until the 10.35 mile section of Route 17 is converted into a four-lane, divided highway, which is tentatively scheduled for completion in 1989. The ban applies to vehicles with two or more axles or six or more wheels.
Denied access to Route 17, truckers were expected to use Route 29/211,
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