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Mr. Moore said.
And in several instances, when property along Rt. (530 was subdivided, the additional right-of-way to bring the total up to 50 feet was donated in order to meet the comity’s subdivision standards, Mr. Bywaters added.
“We recommend that counties do that because of what’s coming,” the resident engineer said. “If the county is going to approve subdivisions,” it should also require rightof-way sufficient for future improvements because “sooner or later people are going to want the road paved.” And under current department policy, the necessary 50 feet for hard surfacing road is rarely purchased, either throughout voluntary sale or condemnation, he explained.
As for the destruction of the big oaks along Rt. 630, Mr. Moore said: “I wish we had a good answer for those who want to save the trees.” In order to retain the trees in this instance, the road would have needed to be shifted into the hillside with “a pretty good cut” that would also have had “a m^jor impact on the environment,” he noted. In addition, realignment would have taken more land from one property owner and less from another.
“If possible, we will shift a road to avoid trees,” Mr. Moore said, noting that this unwritten policy had been established in the joint Fauquier-Rappahannock residency by his predecessor, Don Askew. “But it’s much easier when we have the same property owner on both sides of the road.”
The Virginia Division of Litter Control began operating in 1977. It is funded solely by special taxes levied on business and industry, which raise about $1.2 million annually.
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