For months, supervisors have been fielding complaints from residents on Regent Road that the speed limit needs to be reduced from 55 m.p.h. to 45 m.p.h. The speed limit has recently been reviewed by VDOT engineers in Fredericksburg and the conclusion was there is no need for change. On Monday, March 21, VDOT installed new 55 m.p.h. road signs along Route 703.
“The citizens who live on the road want the speed limit to be 45 m.p.h.,” said Hartfield representative John Koontz. Harmony Village representative Reggie Williams agreed with Koontz. “There was recently a pedestrian killed on that road and I wonder if the engineers know how many accidents have been on it. The speed limit needs to be lowered.”
Koontz said that the road is unique in that it is a cut through road with many curves and it gets more traffic than it was designed to serve.
Raven Road
Another conversation with VDOT came up when Lottie Roane and a group of citizens who live on Raven Road near Saluda complained during the public comment period on the condition of their private road.
“The postal service has stopped service several times because of the condition of the road,” she said. She also questioned that when the weather is bad whether fire and rescue could get down the road. She asked if VDOT could take over the maintenance of the road.
Raven Road is just off Courthouse Drive (Route 626).
McKnight said that in order for VDOT to take Raven Road into the secondary road system it has to be brought up to VDOT code using private funds…
