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Nelson County resident urges board to withdraw $5.2 million SMART SCALE grant for Oak Ridge Road intersection
Summary
Arrington resident Heather Goodwin asked the Nelson County Board of Supervisors to withdraw a 2020 SMART SCALE grant of $5.2 million for safety work at the Oak Ridge Road–U.S. 29 intersection, saying the intersection has not shown the safety problems cited in the application and urging the county to redirect funds to higher-need locations.
Heather Goodwin of Arrington urged the Nelson County Board of Supervisors on a continuation meeting to withdraw a 2020 SMART SCALE grant of $5,200,000 that the county obtained for safety improvements at the Oak Ridge Road and U.S. 29 intersection.
Goodwin told the board that, in her experience, the intersection has not produced fatalities and that it was not one of the county's known high-fatality locations. "In 2020, this board filed for and got a grant of $5,200,000 for improvements on the intersection of Oak Ridge Road and 29," she said. "This…
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