2022-07-04 Support for County Smart Scale Projects PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2022-07-04
SUPPORT FOR COUNTY SMART SCALE PROJECTS
VIRGINIA: At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Business
Meeting on July 19, 2022, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation ("VDOT") administers Smart
Scale with the goal of investing limited tax dollars in the right Projects that meet the most critical
transportation needs in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Projects are funded through a prioritization process that evaluates each
Project's merits using key factors, including improvements to safety, congestion reduction,
accessibility, land use, economic development, and the environment; and
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ("County") and the West Piedmont Planning
District Commission submitted preapplications to be considered for funding; and
WHEREAS, the following Projects were initially screened and determined to meet the
requirements of Project eligibility and readiness needed to submit a full Smart Scale application:
• Berry Hill Connector Road Extension: The project involves the widening of a programmed
connector road, UPC 115493 in the Six-Year Improvement Program, extending from the
existing interchange of Oak Ridge Farms Road(Route 1260)and the Danville Expressway
(U.S. Route 58) west to link with existing Berry Hill Road (U.S. 311) in Pittsylvania Co.
The expansions will widen the two-lane section of roadway (UPC 115493) to a total of
four lanes, comprising two median-divided sections having two 12-foot lane pairs each,
plus shoulders. The project would also include the conversion of the existing interchange
at Oak Ridge Farms Road and the Danville Expressway to a Diverging Diamond
interchange to accommodate traffic traveling on the fully built(four-lane)connector road,
as noted on Page 30 of the Southern Virginia Mega Site Transportation Network
Improvements Operational Analysis Report.
• US Route 58 at Route 622 ICWS: Installation of an Intersection Conflict Warning System
(ICWS)on US Route 58 at the intersection of Route 622 (W Fork Rd/Cascade Rd)
• US Route 29 at Spring Garden Rd Turn Lane Improvements: Extend the right northbound
right-turn lane and install a northbound left-turn lane on US 29 at Route 640 (Spring
Garden Road/Woodcrest Drive)
• U.S. Route 29 at Malmaison Road Roundabout: Reconfigure the intersection at U.S. 29
and Malmaison Road to a roundabout. Convert the existing median opening south of the
intersection to a left-in only.
• U.S.29 at Lawless Creek Road: Reconfigure the intersection at U.S.29 and Lawless Creek
Road to a single-lane roundabout; and
WHEREAS,these Projects are in the public interest and will benefit both County residents
those travelling through the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board endorses and supports the Smart
Scale applications listed herein and respectfully requests support for these projects from VDOT
and the Commonwealth Transportation Board ("CTB"); and
FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of this adopted Resolution be forwarded to
the VDOT Commissioner and the CTB.
Given under my hand this 19th day of June, 2022.
AN- Irv:: 1 Will V. ( is ngram
cam, - '.. Pittsy ania County oard of Supervisors, Chairman
_ y Clarence C. Monday
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, Clerk