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Board approves VDOT secondary six‑year plan, VDOT staff outline project priorities
Summary
The board adopted VDOT’s secondary six‑year plan for FY27–FY32 covering tele‑fee and rural‑rustic funding and prioritized projects including Quaker Road, Reese Road and Shipping’s Road; VDOT noted schedule adjustments and that some work will reach construction in later years.
The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors voted May 19 to adopt the Virginia Department of Transportation’s proposed secondary six‑year plan for fiscal years 2027–2032.
Aaron French, VDOT residency staff, walked the board through funding totals and project priorities, telling supervisors the tele‑fee allocation is projected at $66,952 per year (accruing to $401,712 across the plan) and rural‑rustic funding is forecast to total roughly $515,987 in the early years, leaving a plan total VDOT cited of about $917,699. French outlined priority projects, including the fully tele‑fee‑funded Route 660 (Quaker Road) realignment, Reese Road (a $162,000 carryover project currently under construction), Shipping’s Road (Route 709, a roughly $330,000 project) and Spain Drive (moved up in priority). He said construction windows for some projects are likely in the fall of later years and that schedule adjustments remain possible as funding is finalized.
French also described maintenance and operations items: an overhead message board along I‑85 to alert travelers of local events, a temporary pause on mowing because of dry conditions while task orders are prepared, and resurfacing and patching work at Crew Church Road and Baltimore Road. When asked by a supervisor whether Reese Road would be paved, French said the current plan funds a surface treatment and that crews expect to complete the surface treatment within about a month to six weeks of active work.
No members of the public signed up to speak during the hearing. The board approved VDOT’s resolution to adopt the plan by roll call.
The VDOT presentation and the board’s vote finalize the county’s project priorities for the six‑year window; the county and VDOT staff said they will continue to refine timing as actual annual allocations are confirmed.
