Ed Carter, VDOT report to Board of Supervisors: Route 55-High Knob gets more rumble strips

At the December 11th Board of Supervisors Meeting, Ed Carter from VDOT made his monthly presentation to the Board. Mr. Carter gives updates to VDOT projects in the County.

Includes:

Maintenance

• Addressed numerous potholes on various hard surface routes with cold mix and anticipate the Same in December.
• Conducted grading and stone application on non-hard surface Routes 652, 610, 607,626, 613, 631 and 639. Several of these routes we covered several times as continued rainfall necessitated. They’ll continue this month as well.
• Used contractor pipe flusher on Routes 603, 638, 636, 650, 631 and 639. Will be continuing for an additional week in December.
• Completed all mowing operations and will cutting brush on Routes 652 and 656 in December.
• Performed shoulder repairs on Route 340 and will continue on various primary routes in December.
• Mobilized and responded to two weather events in November.

Projects

Lake Front Drive is awaiting finish pavement layer, which is scheduled for this week in December, weather permitting.

Ashby Station Road and Rocky Lane environmental permits were not cleared by November 30th. New date is December 10th. As soon as VDOT has the permits, staff will be meeting with the contractor to begin pipe replacements.

Other Issues

Existing rumble strips have been refreshed and a new set installed closer to the intersection at High Knob. Traffic Engineering is working to verify flasher sensor lights will work at this location. Residency Administrator met with High Knob Owner’s Association on November 12th to address their concerns.

Signal Group is evaluating timing at Country Club Road and Route 340/522 for extending green time from Country Club.