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Board holds public hearing on VDOT secondary six‑year plan; county staff outlines projects and funding
Summary
Nottoway County held a public hearing on VDOT’s proposed secondary six‑year plan for fiscal years 2026–2031; staff reviewed funding streams for unpaved road projects, telecommunication fees and multiple safety improvement projects funded by state and federal programs.
County staff presented the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) secondary six‑year plan (FY2026–FY2031) at a public hearing and reviewed funding allocations and priority projects.
Staff said telecommunication right‑of‑way fees (telefee) will deliver roughly $32,717 per fiscal year through FY2031 for a total allocation over the plan period, and that unpaved-road funding would support specific rural projects in the plan. Among the projects discussed were continued funding to complete Barnes Lane (repaving/rustic unpaved project), initiation of Hawthorne Drive as a paved rural-rustic project in FY2028 and continued funding through the plan period. Staff reported a total of approximately $335,229 in combined funding across telefee and unpaved-road allocations for the six-year span.
Staff also described a separate list of highway safety improvement projects—federally and state-funded—targeting multiple rural secondary routes for low-cost safety countermeasures such as center-line and edge-line markings, curve-warning signs, chevrons and rumble strips to reduce run-off-road crashes. The safety improvements were described as funded through non‑maintenance federal/state safety grants and not charged against the county’s maintenance dollars.
The board opened and closed the public hearing with no public speakers signed up; staff said copies of the plan were available at the county office and that the plan had been advertised. The board took no immediate additional action on the plan at the hearing.
Why it matters: The six‑year plan sets funding expectations for rural paving and safety investments that can affect travel safety and maintenance priorities in Nottoway County over the next several years. Several projects were listed as funded carryovers or priorities for construction in coming fiscal years.
