Dirt Roads

NOTE:  This post is actually taking place on September 29, 2005.  This information is current as of this date.  This page was an empty page and its contents are "fill" for this particular vacant page. 

I recall growing up in Appalachia; Southwest Virginia.  Specifically Mendota, VA located in WashingtonCounty.  I read this article that appeared today on the online version of The Bristol Herald Courier; the major local newspaper.  This article speaks of the dislike and lack of safety dirt roads affect.  I recall just simply hating those damn dirt roads.  You could never keep your car clean even in a drought.  Oh My God, when it rained, your car had just taken a mud bath.  Add to that the loose gravel that would be thrown around.  You could have a new car and in sight of 3 months, its paint would be chipped making it look 10 years old or older.

Here’s the copy and paste of the newspaper article to today’s Bristol Herald Courier:

Unpaved Roads

Bill Christian

News Channel 11

Sep 28 7:13PM EDT

There are several unpaved roads in the Tri-Cities area. In Washington County Virginia, homeowners living along  Whitaker Hollow Road are concerned for their safety.  "There is going to be a accident. It's going to be a loss of life." Said Wendy Harman, Washington County VAHomeowner.  Whitaker Hollow road is very narrow and dusty. It's one of several roads on a six-year plan by Washington County Virginia Commissioners scheduled to be paved.    "This road was added to the six year plan in 2004 and it has a position on the plan." Said Christy Parker, Assistant Washington County Virginia Administrator.  Money from the Virginia Department of Transportation is being used to make this road tolerable for the people who live here. It was recently graded and smoothed out, but Wendy Harman and others here say more must be done to make their road safer.  "This time we are not going to stop, we can't. It may be our life, our children's lives, it may be our friends." Said Evelyn Goodson, =Washington County Virginia Homeowner.

 

County officials say they are aware of the concerns by citizens, but will not move one road ahead of another on the six year plan. They say each road has been carefully examined to determine which ones are in the worst shape.  It's expected to be several years before construction would begin on  Whitaker Hollow Road. County officials say there are many roads in the County that are not on the six year repair plan because a lack of funding.

 

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