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ville is not justified either by traffic volume or by the existing roadway’s safety record. The study recommends, as the preferred alternative, widening the existing pavement to 24 ft. and the shoulders to eight feet in cut areas and to 11 feet where fill is required. The existence of this study was not revealed by VDOT to the public, either before or during the “Location & Design Public Hearing” held at the elementary school on July 21, despite the study’s recommendation (on page 18) that: “The Dist. Engr., Mr. T.F. Farley, & Mr. F.E. James should consider that the widening of exist, pavement, etc. concept should be a viable component of the upcoming L. & D. public hearing.”
Shortly after the hearing, we obtained a copy of the Value Engineering Study, only to be told by VDOT that it amounted to nothing more than an academic exercise for the training of VDOT personnel. Immediately, we telephoned as many members of the Value Engineering Team as we could reach, and, to a man, they seemed surprised, even angry, when told that their work had been described to use as a mere
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