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1974, was opposed by the town’s merchants and, the report states, “it was decided that both of these options would adversely impact the small businesses along Rt. 211 that give Sperryville so much of its character.”
The report characterizes the four-lane project as having “independent utility,” designed to “alleviate traffic and safety problems in a specific area even if no additional road improvements are made in the area.”
Although the project’s design will “not restrict considerations” of any future transportation projects, the report states that “no plans currently exist to bypass Sperryville in any direction or to widen the road further into the business district in Sperryville.”
The report also describes the alternatives considered to the fourlane proposal, which consisted of either building, not building or managing the traffic flow more efficiently. In building the road, it will “improve traffic flow, facilitate safer truck passage, allow better interaction of vehicles using the road and modernize a state arterial.”
If the project is not pursued, it would of course leave the road as it is, with the safety problems not addressed, “nor would it allow this road to be upgraded as other state arterials have been.”
Transportation management, in which carpooling, mass transit and other means are used to improve the flow of traffic, “would not be of significant help to this project,” the report states.
Noting that the project is “fully endorsed by the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors,” the report states that the four-lane expansion “is not likely to adversely affect the quality of the human environment.” The alignment has been designed to minimize the impact on homes, businesses and the lives of the residents along Rt. 211, it says.
Other considerations addressed by the report and its findings include:
• two archeological sites discovered by a team from Virginia Commonwealth University “are already very highly disturbed.” The Division of Historic Landmarks recommended that the sites need no further study, according to the report.
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