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VDOT urges caution: Tanbark/Route 151 roundabout is safety-driven and cancellation could cost Nelson County about $128,000
Summary
VDOT told supervisors the Tanbark/Route 151 roundabout was proposed for safety reasons, citing 11 crashes from 2020–2024 and research that modern roundabouts can reduce crash rates substantially; VDOT warned that cancelling a fully funded Smart Scale project could leave the county responsible for roughly $128,000 in already-committed costs.
VDOT Administrator Robert Brown told the Nelson County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that the proposed roundabout at Tanbark and Route 151 is included in the current Smart Scale six-year plan for safety reasons and is not primarily a capacity project.
Brown said the intersection had 11 reported crashes between 2020 and 2024 and explained that “crash rates generally decrease 82% when you take a multi-legged intersection such as this…
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