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houses in die country, not in the villages. “What stops the development of,the villages is the reality of the market.”
Mr. Jamieson said, “I’ve never * seen zoning laws stand up under pressure.”
Louis G. “Butch” Zindel, the Architectural Review Board’s representative on the Planning Commission,, said, “We are tryig to learn from other jurisdictions and tightening up the zoning laws.”
Dwight Matthews said a bypass could help a village, “particularly in the case of Flint Hill. It could cause people to reuse and upgrade the buildings. It may give Flint Hill a chance to have a Renaissance and make it more attractive to people who don’t want 25 acres. Villages should be preserved and enhanced. Bypasses may be important to do that It’s the way it’s executed that has a tremendous importance.”
Charles K. “Pete” Estes said he had not come to the meeting to speak for or against the bypass, but to “take the pulse of the audience.” He said the bridge between the Exxon station and the Sperryville Comer Store was built in 1929 and is nearing the end of its useful life if trucks continue to use it. It is a suspension bridge and cannot be replaced one lane at a time, he said. To replace it, it will have to be taken out entirely leaving the only way through town the bridge at Route . 1001.
He noted that trucks coming to the intersection with U.S. 211 from that bridge cannot turn right, so some sort of turnaround place would have to be put in for them until the main bridge is replaced.
He said he would be willing to sell his house to VDOT if they paid enough for it. “These are things VDOT is looking at,” he said.
Jimmy Swindler said the county should oppose the bypass, or the trucking industry would push for four-lane from Massie’s Corner to Front Royal and then to Culpeper. “I66 had k big impact on. this area; it’s just beginning to come back,” he said.
Bonnie Lofton said when she and her husband were looking for a place in the county, they wanted to live in a village so their children could walk to friends’ homes. She said the only village suitable for that was Washington, but they could not afford that. “The'
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