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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The intersection at Main and Middle streets was the subject of heated debate at Wednesday’s Town Council meeting. The debate began when council member Newbill Miller said, during consideration of the minutes from the September meeting, that during the public forum portion of that meeting he had “voiced opposition to the four-way stop at the post office and reducing the curve on business 211.”
At a meeting last spring council voted to change the intersection, creating a four-way stop and making the turn from Main Street to Middle Street past the Trinity Episcopal Church parking lot sharper. Over the years that has been made a gradual curve by taking land from the church parking lot.
Townspeople who live in the area, particularly those who live along Main Street past that intersection have expressed concern about speeding. The stop signs and sharper turn were planned to reduce that speeding.
Mr. Miller said he believes the measures make the intersection “less safe" by “impeding traffic.”
Planning Commission Chairman Louise Van Dort asked council to adopt a resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to take the stub street of Middle Street between the post office building and Washington House into the state system.
Charles Eldred, whose family lives in Washington House, objected to any plan to allign the stub street with Middle Street across the intersection.
He said the water fountain in the street, which has not worked in years, is
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