The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is planning safety and operational improvements at the intersection of Route 13 (Lankford Highway) and Route 184 (Stone Road).
The purpose of the project is to improve safety and operations by installing signs, a traffic signal, and lighting. It will also widen the paved shoulder and lengthen the turn lanes.
Traffic Impacts
Starting as early as Monday, Dec. 14, daily shoulder closures will be in place on Route 13. As the project progresses, motorists may encounter weekday lane closures primarily during daytime hours, with potential overnight and weekend work as needed on a case-by-case basis. Throughout the duration of the project, at minimum a single-travel lane will remain open in each direction on Route 13, and access will be maintained to the surrounding businesses.
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A very dangerous contributing factor to all of the problems at this intersection is the existence of the railroad tracks. Buses are required by law to stop for the rail line DESPITE THE FACT that the line is no longer in use. Buses must stop until the line is legally declared abandoned. Most locals don’t know that, and tourists rolling through the area certainly only wish to maintain their 60 m.p.h. speed. In order to maximize the safety level of this area, the Va. DOT needs to have the rail line declared ABANDONED and remove any and all left over debris from the Bay Coast Line.
On her many trips dashing across two lanes of traffic and into the meager left turn lane into 184, Scotiagirl has feared more for her life than ever she has due to Covid-19. And, yes, please remove the tracks, the signaling devices and whatever other vestiges there may be from the glorious days of old.