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Hill, and eventually Woodville. He cites the town of Washington as an example of the positive outcome of bypasses — less traffic, less noise, more safety, and more of a sense Of community. “The town has become more attractive for retirees who enjoy being able to walk to the store or to the post office,” he says, “and of course tourism has increased.”
Mr. McCarthy noted that the recent primary road hearing held in Culpeper shows that VDOT has funds to conduct a study of a Sperryville bypass in five years. He said that even if the study indicates it is desirable and feasible, it will probably be years before construction for it is started. By-passes for Flint Hill and Woodville, if ever built, would be even further in the future.
Mr. McCarthy said the purpose of the May 1 meeting is to determine if the supervisors want to indicate general routes for future by-passes of Sperryville, Flint Hill and Woodville.
He said he does not believe the supervisors will support the idea of six lanes for U.S. 211 between Washington and Sperryville or for four lanes for any section of U.S. 522 in the county. In fact, he said, the county government has tried to prevent the need for six-laning U.S. 2U by adopting a plan for the general commercial area that limits the number of highway cuts and tries to prevent the development of a strip of shopping between Washington and Sperryville.
When asked how they felt about a bypass around Flint Hill, both Wilson and Jean Burke, owners of the Flint Hill Store, agreed that their business would seriously be hurt. “There is not enough traffic coming through as it is. It would hurt our business and a lot of others here. There are only two weekends in the Fall when the road is busy and that traffic is from tourists. We wouldn’t see the tourists with a bypass.”
One idea being promoted by those opposed to developing county roads as “traffic corridors” is to press the Virginia Assembly by asking Del. Jay Katzen, to introduce legislation to enable a county to declare itself a “Scenic County” with strict controls on development. As with the “Scenic River” and the “Scenic Highway” designations, the “Scenic County” designation could place stringent limits on change and keep the focus on maintaining as natural environment as possible, they say.
There is no law in Virginia now that would allow a county to declare itself a “Scenic County.”
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