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Transportation director reports ditching, paving, RF beacons and Bank Street speed designation
Summary
The county’s quarterly transportation update covered ditching crews, mowing cycles, a large ditching contract on Route 10 West, rapid-flashing beacon orders for two crosswalks and a traffic engineering finding that Bank Street is a statutory 25 mph residential zone.
Surry County’s transportation superintendent presented the quarterly update covering July 1–Sept. 29, 2025, reporting completed work orders, maintenance highlights and planned projects.
Transportation Superintendent Carroll reported 123 public work orders received during the quarter; 107 had been completed. Staff generated 153 internal work orders and completed those as well, for an overall completion rate of 94.2 percent for the reporting period. Completed work included ditching on Route 31, pothole patching on several secondary routes, three cycles of mowing and pre-school-start sight-distance trimming at intersections.
Carroll described a significant ditching contract to clean ditches and pipes on Route 10 West from Route 31 to the Prince George line. The project will require daily lane closures over the coming months and use both truck ditching and excavators. The superintendent said work will be visible over the next two to four months as ditching, pipe cleaning and sediment control proceed.
The county placed orders for rapid flashing beacons for crosswalks at Routes 616 and 618 and is coordinating contract work for installation. Carroll also reported that cape seal projects are complete in some areas but plant-mix paving remains outstanding for Route 611 (Salisbury) and town streets; he noted a contractor completion date in the third week of November.
On a traffic-engineering review requested by the board, staff classified Bank Street as a residential district under the Virginia code sections cited in the presentation and concluded the statutory speed limit is 25 miles per hour; the street will be signed accordingly.
Board members praised the department’s responsiveness and reminded residents to submit concerns through the county process (via supervisors or the transportation-safety commission). No formal action items or votes were recorded on the update.
