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School board asks VDOT to accept current King George Middle School bus loop into state system
Summary
The King George County School Board voted to ask the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove an obsolete segment of the district's old bus loop from state plans and accept the school’s current bus loop into the secondary system of state highways so VDOT will maintain it and respond to road issues.
The King George County School Board voted to ask the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove an obsolete segment of King George Middle School’s old bus loop from VDOT’s transportation plan and to accept the school’s current bus loop as part of the secondary system of state highways.
Dr. Boyd, superintendent of King George County Schools, told the board he met with David Beal, the VDOT representative for King George, and Matthew Smolnick, the county administrator, and learned that an old portion of the bus loop near the Route 3 and Route 206 intersection remains on VDOT’s plan even though it is no longer a road.
“VDOT will be available to provide any assistance with, I think, potholes or anything that is of that nature to that road,” Dr. Boyd said, placing the change as a practical measure to ensure state maintenance if problems develop on the current bus loop.
The resolution asks VDOT to abandon certain segments of the old bus loop and accept the new segment identified on the incorporated Form AM‑4.3 into the secondary system of state highways. Board members moved, seconded and voted “aye”; the chair cast the deciding aye and the motion carried.
Board members discussed that changing the jurisdiction would not change bus routing decisions but would allow the state to address maintenance issues on the roadway used by school buses. Dr. Boyd described the abandoned segment as effectively a grass field today and said placing the current bus loop under VDOT maintenance would help with potholes and other road defects.
The board did not specify an effective date in the motion. The resolution will next be transmitted to VDOT and — as Dr. Boyd noted — will also come before the county Board of Supervisors for related action.
Less critical details: board members asked practical questions about how state maintenance would help and confirmed the abandoned segment is no longer a public road. The board carried the resolution without recorded dissents.
The board will forward the signed resolution and Form AM‑4.3 to VDOT for processing.
