Business from the BoS meeting May 23rd

Fringer Trail, a road in the Buchanan District that has been spotlighted at Board of Supervisors meetings for over a decade, was moved up on the list of the Botetourt County’s Secondary System Six Year Plan during a work session with a member of the Virginia Department of Transportation at the May 23, 2023 meeting. The meeting was held at the Botetourt County Administration Building at Greenfield in Amsterdam.

One person spoke to the Supervisors and asked that the trail be moved to the top of the list. Buchanan District Representative Amy White noted that Fringer Trail, a dirt road, has been bandied about at Supervisors’ meetings since at least 2012 and still has not received surfacing. She also noted that Fringer Trail has more traffic than the roads in front of it. The Supervisors voted 3-2 to move Fringer Trail up on the six-year plan, which covers the period of fiscal year 2023 to 2028.

The change moves Back Creek to number 2 on the list, and Stevens Road to number 3. Other roads that may be funded eventually include Ball Park Road, Haymakertown Road, Mountain Valley Road, Red Bud Lane, Old Hollow Road, and Sugar Tree Hollow Road. The Supervisors still have to vote on the funding for the secondary system six year plan as this was a work session.

The Supervisors also approved the transfer of $358,915 to pay for a tanker fire truck at Read Mountain Fire Station. Additionally, the Supervisors learned that the Botetourt County Fire-EMS department had received national media attention for its girls fire camp, which will be held again this summer. The department received an achievement award from the National Association of Counties for the program. Last year 58 girls attended, and this year 72 have signed up, and there is a waiting list, the Supervisors learned.