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Audette, who has experience with the issue of the Route 50 Corridor Coalition in Fauquier and Loudoun counties.
While the situation here is different than in those counties, RLEP feels that waiting until road changes are made is a big mistake.
“Rather, they are taking a proactive approach in response to: increased use of county roads by longhaul truckers; general increased speeding, aggressicve driving, driving under the influence and improper passing; increased traffic due to commercial and residential development in surrounding counties; possible replacement of rural roads with roads that ate flatter, wider and more straight; and the sense that local road matters are controlled by outside interests with little concern for county residents.” From a report on traffic calming by Don Audette.
Kathleen Maier of RLEP said, ‘Traffic claming is a practice that goes on in Europe and in the West quite a bit, where people live but major roads have been put through and there is a need to slow down traffic and maintain the integrity of the village as a place for people to live.”
She said there is a problem already with truck traffic on U.S. 522 through Flint Hill where there are no sidewalks and people won’t walk on the street due to the often heavy truck traffic. It’s also not conducive to shopping at local stores and small commerce, she said.
“We are aware how busy people are but if we had an idea of what people want we can come up with a plan which will envision how development should happen,” she said. “We’re not anti-economic development.”
Maier said she believes the meetings are valuable for everyone living in the village inorder that they know what is going on and can communicate with
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