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VDOT updates projects; Madison reviews six‑year secondary road plan
Summary
VDOT resident engineer Carrie Shepard briefed the board on bridge replacements, safety improvements, a trench/widen project and proposed priorities for Madison's six‑year secondary road plan, and the board set a public hearing window for April or May.
Madison County supervisors heard VDOT's quarterly report and reviewed the county's six‑year secondary road plan during a presentation by resident engineer Carrie Shepard.
Shepard said the Route 749 (Moon Road) bridge replacement is moving toward an advertisement milestone targeted for June; Walker's Mill construction is scheduled to begin in April. She flagged a bridge rehabilitation on Route 665 (G Run) with a current 15‑ton posting that will be re‑rated for legal loads after work and noted overnight closures will be required with emergency‑services coordination. A safety improvement trench‑and‑widen project on Jack Shop Road began this week and should be completed within days.
Responding to citizen safety concerns, VDOT staff recommended low‑cost countermeasures at the Amicus/Selt intersection — reflective tape on stop signs, a 'stop ahead' warning sign, refreshed stop bars and vegetation clearing — to address restricted sight distance caused by a horizontal curve.
Shepard reviewed district funding available for fiscal 2027 (roughly $368,000 in programmed district allocations) and a proposed priority list of projects that includes Walker's Mill, Turner Drive, Mount Zion Church Road and other candidate roads; staff noted adding several candidate unpaved roads could produce out‑year deficits that would be covered as funds become available.
Board members asked VDOT to perform site visits on several intersections with sight‑distance concerns (West Hoover / Noam Church, Arrington Mountain) and to return with funding options for higher‑cost requests (for example Turner Drive or Emitt Road) before a planned April public hearing on the secondary plan.
Why this matters: The six‑year plan programs scarce state secondary road funding across candidate projects; the board's choices affect safety improvements, maintenance priorities and timing for local paving or rural‑rustic improvements.
