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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
An ongoing controversy finally was resolved last Wednesday when the Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 0 with Hampton District representative Mike Massie abstaining to have road signs put up for the E-911 system.
Several years ago Mr. Massie voted against imposing the tax on telephone bills which has financed the E-911 system. He voted against the secondary road budget last year which contained funds for signs for the system. This time he said he would not vote “No” because he did not want to “go against” the fire departments but he said it was another example of people giving up their freedoms.
The E-911 system will link calls to 911 with telephone numbers. This will enable a computer in the dispatch center in the sheriffs office to match the phone number of the incoming call to a map with each residence and business located by street name and number.
To implement the system all the roads in the county, including private driveways serving more than one house, had to be named. This process is now basically complete.
A committee established by the board recommended that the county go ahead and .have the signs installed. Once the signs are put up the post offices will notify people of their new addresses. They will have one year to make the switch.
The state will allow only green and blue signs to be used, County Administrator John McCarthy said. He said the committee recommended green for state maintained roads and blue for private driveways. The roads are already differentiated in that the private driveways are named ‘Lane” and the state roads are named “Road.”
In the end the board voted to have all the J signs green with signs for the lanes also not
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