VDOT reports maintenance, speed‑study results; board discusses visibility fixes at key intersection
A VDOT Farmville residency engineer reported routine maintenance work and a speed study showing no warrant to reduce the 55 mph limit on Cartersville Road; supervisors raised concerns about sun glare at the Route 60/15 intersection and back‑plate visibility fixes were discussed.
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Brian Locker, assistant resident engineer for the VDOT Farmville residency, updated the Buckingham County Board on routine maintenance—ditch work, shoulders, boom axing—and answered follow‑up questions from supervisors. Locker said a speed study of Cartersville Road found no warrant for reducing the 55 mph limit, noting only three accidents in the multi‑year lookback and that the road’s geometrics do not support a lower limit.
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