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Supervisors remove Red Hill from paving list, approve partial hard‑surfacing of Hogback Mountain Road
Summary
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors amended the county’s FY 2026–2031 VDOT Secondary Road Six‑Year Plan on June 11, removing Red Hill Road from consideration for hard‑surfacing and approving a partial hard‑surfacing of Hogback Mountain Road only from U.S. Route 15 to the Stone Tower Winery entrance.
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors amended the county’s FY 2026–2031 Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Secondary Road Six‑Year Plan on June 11, removing Red Hill Road from consideration for hard‑surfacing and approving a partial hard‑surfacing of Hogback Mountain Road, limited to the segment from U.S. Route 15 to the Stone Tower Winery entrance. The actions followed multi‑hour public comment and several motions on the six‑year program and related rural rustic road designations.
The board’s votes: Supervisor Christine Tacrone moved to remove Red Hill Road from the county’s paving list; the motion carried 7–0–2, with Supervisors Turner and Sainz off the dais. Later, Supervisor Caleb Kershner moved to amend the Rural Rustic Roads resolution to hard‑surface Hogback Mountain Road from U.S. 15 to the winery’s westernmost entrance and to ask VDOT to investigate and implement enhanced maintenance for the remaining unpaved segment; that motion carried 7–0–2.
Why it matters: The county’s annual secondary road plan assigns state funds to improve unpaved roads through VDOT’s rural rustic road program. The plan has been the focus of heated debate in western Loudoun, where residents, equestrians and recreation groups value gravel roads for their rural character and tourism, while other residents and local businesses cite safety, dust and maintenance issues as reasons to hard‑surface parts of the network.
What the board approved and removed: The approved amendment programs hard‑surfacing on a portion of Hogback Mountain Road only to the Stone Tower Winery entrance; supervisors directed VDOT and county staff to investigate enhanced maintenance and preservation options — such as improved drainage, higher‑quality aggregate and profile corrections — for the remaining unpaved segments. The board removed Red Hill Road from the county’s FY 2026 paving list after hearing that community balloting produced near‑even splits and…
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