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VDOT reports bridge delay and federal safety upgrades; supervisors press for more secondary-road funding
Summary
VDOT told the county the Baton Road bridge work is delayed by unexpected bedrock, but the district won federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding to add wider edge lines, centerline rumble strips and curve warnings on several secondary routes. Supervisors pressed for more sustained funding for rural secondary roads.
A Virginia Department of Transportation representative updated the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors on May 20 that the Baton Road bridge is behind schedule after crews discovered bedrock at a higher elevation than expected.
“We had to get a very, very large jackhammer, to work on that bed rock and get it down,” VDOT said, and the agency estimated a one- to two-week delay while heavy equipment is…
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