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To the editor: Rappahannock County seems to be entering that phase of development where the best laid plans are not answering all the questions that are being raised. Yes, we have a new' plan; and yes, projects are announced in advance and public hearings are announced.
Everything goes along very well until the project is about to begin and then we all rise up to protest. Maybe we are not paying close enough attention. The BZA and the Board of Supervisors approve projects with the information available to them and if no one attends the meetings to offer a conflicting point of view, then so be it.
We moved here three and a half years ago and are just now becoming familiar with the area. We would be devastated if Rt. 231 became a four lane highway, but maybe now is the time to find out whether that is a possibility in the next six year program. The same applies to Rt. 522 at both ends.
Can we as residents of the county begin now to pull together and decide what our county will look like ten or twenty years from now? Should we be pushing for scenic status to be applied to Rt. 231? The rumor circulated some months ago that it had been approved, but as with many rumors, it seems to have no basis in fact.
While it is true that we have as much right to our gasoline tax as any other jurisdiction, does it follow that the tax money must always be spent to add lanes or can it be used just as wisely to widen bridges as has been done on Rt. 231 and is in progress on Rt. 522? *
I believe that the people of Amissville have shown all of us what responsibility to their community means. Faced with the decision that
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