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an engineer with project maps out to his property to show him exactly where the road improvements would affect his land.
J.S. Woodard, who leases 36 acres of pasture and ponds at the end of the road, told Col. Bingham that the area is already a favorite for midnight parties. “Since the landfill was put in, it has gotten worse. I’m continually picking up beer cans.”
He said that, speaking on behalf of Mr. Duxbury, the property owner, “they would like the road to end at the middle of the entrance to the landfill.” That would save 50-60 feet of pavement, he told the VDOT representatives, and also keep the parkers off the Duxbury property.
Mr. Woodard also requested that VDOT provide better environmental controls than those used by the county during the landfill’s construction. When the bulldozers ran through the stream which crosses the landfill’s entrance road, he said, despite the silt barriers it muddied the w.ater downstream, which his cows drink.
Robert Carson, whose land runs the entire length of Route 639 on the east side, said 20 years' experience tells him that the proposed improvements would offer no relief for the problems he has seen. Before the landfill arrived, he said, “the nighttime population [went] down to watch the submarine races."
Now, “Tractor trailers run in and out, they’re 40 feet long, driving 2535 miles an hour. Oncoming cars have to swing out of their way, onto the banks, over the banks, through my fences onto my property.
“I see no relief from that on the . road you propose unless you have some way to regulate traffic and speed,” Mr. Carson said.
He also maintained that during times when the landfill is closed he watches many trucks with stickers from neighboring counties drive down the road to dump trash at the county’s landfill.
And, Mr. Carson added, “I heard tonight that the landfill has a life of possibly 40 years. That will come as news to Richmond ... I agree with Mrs. Early — why add tax money to something wrhich is unwanted and has caused bad feelings among the community.”
Mr. Moore told the dozen residents assembled at the Amissville fire hall that their comments, transcribed into a hearing transcript and any additional written comments will be part of the project record, and will be considered when a final decision on the project is made.
If the project is given a go-ahead, right-of-way negotiations will begin with adjoining landowners. Mr. Moore said that, barring any difficulties, VDOT plans to advertise the project for construction bids in January 1990.
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