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Board approves amended funding for Glebe Harbor speed study and reviews VDOT six‑year plan
Summary
Westmoreland supervisors heard VDOT’s resident engineer present pavement and maintenance plans and approved increasing the authorized spending for a Glebe Harbor Drive speed study from $6,000 to $8,000. The board also reviewed the county’s secondary six‑year plan and authorized a joint public hearing May 11.
The Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors on April 13 heard the Virginia Department of Transportation resident engineer Mr. Beal present maintenance work completed after this winter and a proposed secondary six‑year plan covering fiscal years 2027–2032.
Beal told the board crews have been repairing potholes, replacing pipe and doing earthwork on projects such as Oak Grove and Charles Way and that the pavement schedule includes resurfacing on Oak Grove and the county side of Minokhin Road. He described funding sources for the six‑year plan as telefees (right‑of‑way usage fees) and unpaid‑road district grants and said about $202,002 in unpaid‑road funds is parked for future priorities. Beal also detailed project estimates and funding for Skipjack, Charles Way and Ashbury Road and said roughly 0.6 miles could be hard‑surfaced with existing allocations.
Board members focused discussion on a previously authorized speed study for Glebe Harbor Drive. A supervisor said the community needs the study to consider reducing the limit near a clubhouse entrance and asked that only one study be performed rather than the three originally scoped. Beal said the original contractor estimate covered three routes for $18,000 but that doing one study likely brings the cost closer to $8,000.
The board amended the earlier authorization and increased the spending limit for the Glebe Harbor Drive speed study from $6,000 to $8,000; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Separately, the supervisors authorized a joint public hearing on the secondary six‑year plan for May 11 to receive public comment before finalizing the plan. Beal said the hearing will allow residents to raise priorities and that projects can be added but cannot start until fully funded in the scheduled fiscal year.
What happens next: the county and VDOT will proceed with advertisement for the May 11 joint public hearing and VDOT will move forward with scheduling of the Glebe Harbor speed study under the newly authorized $8,000 limit.
