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owners are contacted to donate the right-of-way. Most of the time the owners are happy to donate because paving provides a roadway that is dust free, smooth, initially cost effective to maintain, and in general increases land values because it makes the property more desirable for development and sale.
VDOT’s minimum standard for paving secondary roads indoles regrading the present surface and widening to 18 feet. When the shoulders and ditches are added the total roadway prism reaches 30 feet in width. This requires removal of most of the trees, stone walls and split rail fences that give our country roads their historic appearance and keeps the traffic speed down. Vl^OT will not pave and widen roads unless free
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