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The cost of construction ha* climbed by $10 million and yet there's been no public hearing in Rappahannock County on the four laning since 1974, Mrs. Purnell said adding that the Board of Supervi sors recently denied a request for i night meeting to reconsider the pro ject.
And Stella Cadwalader added that she’d been told by a Highway Department engineer that the work will cost closer to $20 million than the $14 million figure given publicly.
Phil Irwin recalled when the entire length of Route 211 in Rappahannock County was a “curvy little road" and maintained that widening the highway has given people “the opportunity of seeing the scenic beauty" of the county. With Route 522 and Route 211 coming together at Massies Comer, the highway from there to Sperrvville where the roads separate again is the most heavily traveled in the county, Mr. Irwin said. "How can I favor this project as a. credentialed environmentalist?" asked the former president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection and board member of the Piedmont Epj vironmental Council. “You couldn’t enjoy the landscape in Rappahannock County from a two-lane. Now you can do it, and do it safely ... I find that piece of road absolutely irresponsible. People have died on it, and they will continue to die on it until it is improved . . . We need to complete the project,” he said.
Mr. Maeyer pointed out that people are killed in traffic accidents because they drive to fast. The same “human error" that results in fatalities on the two-lane highway will cause fatalities on a four-lane, he said.
Completing the project as it was originally planned is impossible, not matter what the decision is on the 4.2 miles between Washington and Sperry ville because Shenandoah National Park blocked the dual-lanes from going over the mountain and connecting with Interstate 81, Mr. Cadwalader added. As to Mr. Irwin’s concern with scenic vistas, “there are people who view the county from other places than the seat of car,” he concluded.
In other business last week, the Planning Commission:
• recommended approval of a special exception permit to Diane Burke for the conversion of the downstairs at the Laurel Mills Store into two apartments.
• recommended approval of a special use permit to Judith Tweel for a one-bedroom and bath addition onto the former Emmanuel Church in Sperryville which Mr. and Mrs. Tweel plan to convert into a craft shop.
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