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Patrick County schedules hearing on VDOT proposal to discontinue Dogwood Road maintenance amid school safety debate
Summary
The board agreed to host a public hearing on discontinuing maintenance of Dogwood Road, a move VDOT proposed after school officials and residents raised safety concerns. The decision to schedule a hearing follows discussion of alternatives including speed enforcement, speed bumps, and limited-hour closures.
Patrick County’s Board of Supervisors voted July 14 to schedule a public hearing in September to consider a Virginia Department of Transportation proposal to discontinue maintenance of a section of Dogwood Road near Hardin Reynolds Memorial School.
VDOT staff told the board discontinuing routine county maintenance would begin a formal process that includes property-owner notifications and a county-hosted public hearing. A VDOT representative said the agency would handle the advertisements and owner notifications and that the county’s motion only starts the process and does not itself close the road.
School and facilities representatives said the proposal was driven by repeated safety concerns at the intersection…
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