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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
“I usually come with sad financial woes but this is an unusual occasion,” resident highway engineer Don Askew announced at the Board of Supervisors’ Dec. 1 meeting. He reported that Rappahannock will get $440,000 in secondary road funds this fiscal year, more than double what was anticipated in July.
“Everybody’s highway taxes went up January 1 but also, we’ll start getting results moneywise,” Mr. Askew told the supervisors, adding that the new tax will bring $151,000 in new highway money to the county.
The windfall will be used to pay off projects that have been “overspent” and bring forward other work already in the six-year road plan, according to the resident engineer.
In light of the additional revenue, Chairman Hubert Gilkey asked if the supervisors could propose road projects.
If the work is included in the county’s six-year plan, it can be moved up with the receipt of additional revenue, Mr. Askew replied. But if the project is not listed, it must be added to the plan when it comes up for review every two years, he said. “The key to all secondary road improvement projects is the availability of donated right-of-way,” the resident engineer reminded the su
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