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The Highway Department acknowledges that there has been an increase in truck traffic since November 1984, when the truck ban on Rt. 17 took effect. According to Robert Connock, Assistant District Engineer for the Culpeper highway district, tractor-trailer traffic on Rt. 522 has nearly tripled, from 45 per day in late 1984 to 105 per day this year.
“There has been an increase, but whether it is directly related to Rt. 17 I don’t know,” Mr. Connock said last week. “Generally, traffic has increased on Rt. 522 during that same time period: from 2,490 vehicles per day in 1984 to 2,953 in 1986.”
Mr. Connock said that the Highway Department had looked at the situation “back in July, and at that time we didn’t find there was sufficient danger that would prevent trucks from using that road.” He added that “there must be an overwhelming hazard to make the (Highway Commission) restrict a certain type of vehicle from using a road.”
He said that “in looking at . . . and trying to compare (this situa
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