2010-06-03 Road Closure Swedwood Drive]PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
2010-06-03
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors for Pittsylvania County was petitioned by
Swedwood North America, a manufacturing industry served by Swedwood Drive,(State
Route 1298) requesting that a portion of this road be closed for security of the industry;
and
WHEREAS, a public notice was posted as prescribed under §33.1-151, Code of
Virginia, 1950, as amended, requesting to receive citizen comments concerning
abandoning the section of the road described below from the secondary system of state
highways; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation
was provided with the prescribed notice of the Board's intent to abandon the subject
section of road, as well as the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The proposed
notice was advertised in the Chatham Star Tribune on April 28`~' and May 5`~', 2010 and
the County received no comments from citizens concerning this proposed closure; and
WHEREAS, after considering all evidence available, this Board is satisfied that
no public necessity exists for the continuance of the section of road, starting at the cul de
sac on the northern end of Swedwood Drive/SR 1298 to 792.52 feet in a southern
direction and hereby deems that section of road is no longer necessary as part of the
Secondary System of State Highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board
of Supervisors does hereby abandon the above described section of road, order it closed,
and removes it from the secondary system of state highways, pursuant to §33.1-151, of
the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Clerk of Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County and to the Virginia
Department of Transportation in Lynchburg, Virginia and the Residency Office in
Halifax, Virginia
Given under my hand this 7th day of June 2010.
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William D. Sleeper, Clerk to the
JPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
2010-06-03
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors for Pittsylvania County was petitioned by
Swedwood North America, a manufacturing industry served by Swedwood Drive,
requesting that a portion of this road be closed for security of the industry; and
WHEREAS, a public notice was posted as prescribed under §33.1-151, Code of
Virginia, 1950, as amended, requesting to receive citizen comments concerning
abandoning the section of the road described below from the secondary system of state
highways; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation
was provided with the prescribed notice of the Board's intent to abandon the subject
section of road, as well as the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The proposed
notice was advertised in the Chatham Star Tribune on April 28`h and May 5`", 2010 and
the County received no comments from citizens concerning this proposed closure; and
WHEREAS, after considering all evidence available, this Board is satisfied that
no public necessity exists for the continuance of the section of road, starting at the cul de
sac on the northern end of Swedwood Drive to 792.52 feet in a southern direction and
hereby deems that section of road is no longer necessary as part of the Secondary System
of State Highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board
of Supervisors does hereby abandon the above described section of road and removes it
from the secondary system to state highways, pursuant to §33.1-151, of the Code of
Virginia, 1950, as amended.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Virginia Department of 'I'ransportation in Lynchburg, Virginia and the
Residency Oftice in Halifax, Virginia
Given under my hand this 7th day of~June 2010.
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Henry A. Davi , Jr., Chairman
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William D. Sleeper, (~terk