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Our View
Paving the way
If the political climate of the county is “keep Rappahannock green, keep it rural,” then the decision to pave a portion of Grimsley Road over the objection of the majority of the road’s residents is a puzzling one. Is this not the very attitude that the county as a whole is fighting all around us? Cannot the Board of Supervisors, who so admirably battle the forces of development from outside of Rappahannock, do so against forces from within? Rappahannock is the envy of the region for its farsightedness and diligent resistance to developers. Communities all around the region are feeling fiscal pain and crying out as their infrastructures threaten to collapse under the weight of their rapid growth. But this issue concerns more than just the paving of three-tenths of a mile on one road. What is most troubling is the fact that a community’s wishes are being ignored, which may be the first step down a long and fully-paved path, a few tenths of a mile at a time. Like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube, paving a road is something that, once done, can’t be undone. We urge the supervisors to keep this in mind at their next meeting^ when considering the fate of the rest of Grimsley Road and the future of our other rural roads.
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