where the road meets Route 617, said Donald Friedenstein.

where the road meets Route 617, said Donald Friedenstein. “In a lot of places the road IS the ditch. The water runs down the road,” he said, adding that conduits have not been cleaned in several years and are clogged with debris. Friends visiting described Route 615 as “a logging road,” he said.

Mr. Friedenstein also noted that two oak trees are leaning at a sharp angle over Route 615. “With rain and a little wind, they’re going to. come right down across the road,” and maybe on top of a passing car or school bus, he said.

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Supervisor Nelson Lane, noting the “conflicting interests” involved in road improvements, proposed that the Highway Department change its statewide policy to allow secondary roads to be paved without the donation of a 50-foot right-ofway. Requiring that right-of-way will make all the county’s rural roads “look like interstates.” 1

As to specific projects, Mr. Lane asked that a railing be erected along a steep bank on Route 649. “I don’t think metal guard rails are pretty, but it might be appropriate there.” He also requested surface treatment for Route 707 through Slate Mills.'

Mr. Moore, who was named resident engineer in 1987, when Don Askew was promoted to the Fredericksburg District office, noted that his predecessor had “used imagination quite often” in designing road improvements to spare trees and other components that give character and beauty to country roads. Wakefield District

“I’m delighted to see no improvements planned for our road in the next six years,” said Robert Dennis, who lives on the graveled portion of Route 637. “The Highway Department is doing a great job in taking care of us!”

In the final request, Supervisor Hubert Gilkey asked for reflector lights to be sunk in the pavement on roads through Chester Gap and on Route 522.