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The road most traveled
Bear Wallow Road, the focus of the community’s concerns, is narrow and paved with gravel. According to residents, cars traveling in opposite directions have to pull to the side of the road to pass one another. In addition to being extremely narrow, Bear Wallow is also known for being worse in inclement weather. “I think [Mountain Laurel School is] bringing more hazard into the county. Great idea, wrong location. There’s nowhere on that road for rain and snow to go,” said Hampton Supervisor Bryant Lee. Lee attended the meeting because Bear Wallow is in his district. “I had 68 phone calls in opposition to this application,” Lee told the Planning Commission. Glier’s own application to the commission conceded that difficult nature of Bear Wallow mad, which she proposed to counteract by using a small school bus to bring students to the school.
“A full size county school bus already travels this road every day,” pointed out Glier. Concerns about the road also led residents to concerns about dangers to the students who would attend Mountain Laurel. Monica Wortham, a former president of the Flint Hill Fire and Rescue Company, pointed out that emergency response times would be longer during the hours that the isolated school would be in session.
“During the day is the worst time to respond to a call . . . During the day in Rappahannock County, you have to be prepared to deal with an emergency for 15 to 20 minutes on your own,” explained Wortham. Glier countered these concerns by presenting testimony from current Flint Hill Fire Chief Bruce Williams that Moulton’s property was accessible to rescue vehicles, and that the proposed school would have emergency preparedness plans ready. However, as county resident Tim
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