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Board adopts FY2026–2031 six-year secondary road improvement plan
Summary
Culpeper County approved its six-year secondary road improvement plan after a public hearing; the plan adds three secondary roads for reconstruction and identifies anticipated VDOT allocations and project estimates.
The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors on May 6 adopted the fiscal-year 2026–2031 six-year secondary road improvement plan following a public hearing and staff presentation.
County staff reported Culpeper has about 494 miles of secondary roads, roughly 100 miles unpaved, and that the county currently lists 13.6 miles of qualifying gravel roads in the six-year plan. The draft FY2026–2031 allocations were presented as approximately $725,000 per year for 2026–2029 and increasing to about $773,000 for FY2030–2031, giving an estimated available total of $4,448,532 for the 2026–2031 period — roughly $289,843 more than the prior plan.
Staff recommended adding three roads to the plan: Route F721 (Poor Farm Road), approximately 0.5 mile with an estimated cost of $428,000; Route 610 (Madden's Tavern Road), 0.9 mile with an estimated reconstruction cost of $540,000 (broken into phases); and Route 650 (O'Bannon's Mill Road), approximately 0.4 mile at an estimated cost of $240,000, noting part of O'Bannon's Mill Road could qualify for VDOT’s Rural Rustic program while other segments would need additional work and pole relocations.
During the public hearing, residents asked whether the funding is state-administered and whether revenue-sharing had been used; staff and VDOT liaison explained that funds are state allocations through VDOT and that revenue-sharing previously used was not part of this particular draft cycle. Staff noted that the county also uses district grants and state VDOT money for projects.
After public comments and questions, Supervisor Wilkinson moved to approve the six-year secondary road plan as presented; the motion carried by voice vote.
