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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors public hearing on the six-year secondary road improvement plan Monday night showed that Rappahannock residents continue to be sharply divided between those who want their roads widened and paved and those who want them left alone.
This year the main battle concerned Route 622 in Gid Brown Hollow.
Billy Pullen said that the section bf €22 between where the hard top ends and 623 “is not wide enough for two cars to pass.”
Larry Sherertz agreed, saying the road is only safe to drive at night “when you can see oncoming headlights.” He said his daughter was involved in an accident there. He said the road is heavily used by tourists. Mr Sherertz said he had found the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) helpful, “They are responsive in putting gravel when the pot holes reappear, but that’s putting a Band-Aid on something that needs surgery.”
Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes asked VDOT resident engineer Bob Moore to explain the problems the highway department has with acquiring the right of way to make improvements.
Mr. Moore explained that that section of road had been scheduled for improvement, but the highway department had not been successful in acquiring the right-of-way to make improvements. He said that One property owner had donated a scenic easement on her land. He said she had agreed to donate
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