Resident tells supervisors VDOT crews mowed private land, damaged plants and killed turtles along Nahor Manor Road

During the June 3 public-comment period at the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors meeting, resident James Voner (2126 Nahor Manor Road) urged the board to intervene after repeated mowing by state crews on or beyond the roadside right-of-way.

Voner said crews mowed onto private property, including a blueberry patch, and that gauge wheels were not set so a new machine plowed roughly 100 feet of dirt. He told the board he found dead box turtles at the site and said a deputy from the sheriff's office had also been dispatched earlier to inspect the area. "They mowed my private blueberry property," Voner said. "For 100 ft they plowed the dirt...we just looked at the dead turtles." He asked the county to re-survey rights of way and stay off private land.

Board members asked staff to follow up. In the transportation update that followed, the resident engineer said he would look into the complaint and check whether the mowing fell inside the maintenance right-of-way. The meeting record shows the board accepted Voner's comment and asked staff to investigate possible right-of-way limits and coordinate with state crews where appropriate.

The comment was delivered during the public-comment period and did not prompt immediate board action beyond staff follow-up requests.