2013-08-03 Route 755 (Mercury Rd)PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
2013 -08 -03
VIRGINIA: At the regular meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
held in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse Addition in
Chatham, Virginia on Monday, August 5, 2013, the following resolution was presented
and adopted:
WHEREAS, Section 33.1 -70.1 of the Code of Virginia, permits the hard
surfacing of certain unpaved roads deemed to qualify for designation as a Rural Rustic
Road; and
WHEREAS, any such road must be located in a low- density development area
and have no more than 1,500 vehicles per day; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County, Virginia ( "Board ")
desires to consider whether Route 755 (Mercury Road), From: Rockford School
Road/State Route 665 to Marina Drive /State Route 642 , a distance of 1.41 miles, should
be designated a Rural Rustic Road; and
WHEREAS, the Board is unaware of pending development that will significantly
affect the existing traffic on this road; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that this road should be so designated due to its
qualifying characteristics; and
WHEREAS, this road is in the Board's six -year plan for improvements to the
secondary system of state highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board requests that this road be
hard surfaced and, to the fullest extent prudent, be improved within the existing right -of-
way and ditch -lines to preserve as much as possible the adjacent trees, vegetation, side
slopes, and rural rustic character along the road in their current state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Virginia Department of Transportation Residency Administrator.
Recorded Vote
Moved By: Jessie L. Barksdale
Seconded By: Jerry A. Hagerman
Yeas: 7
Nays: 0
A Copy - ste:
Signed
Printed Name William D. leeper
Title Clerk