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Bland County supervisors remove Suiter Road from VDOT plan, reallocate $595,000 to add seven local roads
Summary
The Bland County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution amending the VDOT Secondary Six‑Year Plan FY24–FY29 to remove two miles of Suiter Road and free $595,000 to add seven county roads to the plan, with the motion moved by Keith Costello and seconded by Stephen Kelley.
The Bland County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously May 25 to adopt a resolution amending the VDOT Secondary Six-Year Plan for fiscal years 2024–2029, removing two miles of Suiter Road from the plan and reallocating $595,000 to add several local roads.
Supervisor Keith Costello moved to adopt the resolution; Supervisor Stephen Kelley seconded. The board recorded a roll-call vote with Costello, Kelley, Randy Johnson and Chairman Adam Kidd voting in favor. The motion passed unanimously.
According to the resolution language read into the record, the $595,000 made available by removing Suiter Road will be used, in order of completion, to add Route 639 (Granddaddy Drive); Route 603 (Smith Hollow Road); Route 663 (Dangerfield Drive); Route 652 (Fernwood Drive); Route 642 (Hicksville Road); Route 616 (Sandy Hollow Drive); and Route 647 (Willow Spring Drive) to the county’s list for VDOT secondary road work.
The board did not record additional details about timelines, engineering, or construction responsibilities in the meeting minutes provided; no implementation dates were included in the recorded motion. The meeting recessed until June 7 for a separate FY24 budget public hearing.
