After VDOT feedback, Accomack supervisors pivot from Route 175 SmartScale bid and pick two intersection projects

Oct 15, 2025

VDOT told local staff Route 175 improvements were unlikely to score well; the board directed staff to pursue SmartScale applications for Marion Smith Road and Fisher's Corner and to send a letter to VDOT Richmond requesting reconsideration of county priorities and to copy the county's state delegation.

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The Accomack County Board of Supervisors agreed to shift its SmartScale transportation funding strategy after VDOT staff told localities that causeway and Route 175 improvements are unlikely to score well in the next funding round.

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