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By LISAG. CURRIE
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Ada Alexander has found shopkeeping at Boston Store a bit more than what she bargained for.
Just over two weeks ago, The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) found “a trace of gasoline or some subastance in the side of the creekbank,” Mrs. Alexander said. The store fronts U.S. 522, south, sitting high atop the hill.
The State Water Control Board has requested Boston Store gasoline tanks be pressurized — a test performed to determine if the tanks leak.
Mrs. Alexander rents the store and gasoline tanks from Boston Store owner and retired proporitor Hilda Winkler.
“It was just a trace,” she said, adding the substance found could have been from a vehicle over the bridge, from when days when oil was poured on the roads to keep dust and dirt from blowing, or from several other sources.
“Just because I have gasoline, they blame me,” she said, explaining the door of the store is nearly 1,000 feet from the finding.
“They found it the last day of construction on the bridge,” just below the intersection of Route 707 and U.S. 522.
‘This has really put a worry on me and Mrs. Winkler,” the storekeeper said. “It’s been a terrible two weeks.”
The VDOT office notified Mrs. Alexander of the “trace” found and the State Water Control Board notified her of the need for a pressurized test on her three-year-old tanks and pumps within seven days.
“I missed the first deadline,” she said with exasperation ringing in her voice. “I just could not get information. There is no one around this area that tests tanks and I was at a loss trying to get answers,” she said.
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