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Board petitions Commonwealth Transportation Board to discontinue maintenance on 0.079-mile stretch of Country Club Road
Summary
The board approved a resolution asking the Commonwealth Transportation Board to discontinue VDOT maintenance of a 0.079-mile portion of State Route 789; a maintenance agreement executed by the two property owners and the Lexington Golf & Country Club will cover upkeep, and the county will not be a party to that agreement.
Rockbridge County supervisors voted on May 11 to petition the Commonwealth Transportation Board to discontinue VDOT maintenance of a short (0.079-mile) portion of Country Club Road (State Route 789).
Mister Dryden explained that Lexington Golf & Country Club and VDOT identified an inadequate turnaround for maintenance equipment at the end of the short segment; removing that portion from VDOTs maintenance duties would leave ownership with VDOT but make the segment the responsibility of private parties under a maintenance agreement. Dryden said the maintenance agreement in the board packet had been executed by the property owners and the country club and that the county was not a party to it.
Board members asked about the agreements effect on future owners and recourse if the private maintenance arrangement failed. Dryden said the agreement is binding on future owners and that any dispute would be a civil matter between the parties; the county would have no role in enforcing the private agreement. The ultimate discontinuation decision rests with the Commonwealth Transportation Board; the county's action is a required petition under state law.
The board adopted the resolution petitioning the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Supervisors present voted yes on the motion.
Next steps: the county will forward the petition to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for its determination; affected property owners and the country club will carry the maintenance obligation per their agreement.
