
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 13, 1990                   TAG: 9003133448
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                LENGTH: Short

BEDFORD COUNTY AGREES TO SEEK STATE ROAD FUNDS

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors on Monday gave tentative approval to participation in a state revenue-sharing program to help homeowners improve their road.

Tim Ferris said he and other homeowners in the Scenic Acres subdivision are willing to pay half of the $43,205 needed to bring their private road up to state standards so that county school buses can pick up their children at a busy state road nearby.

The state would pay the other half if county supervisors agree to the plan. County Administrator William Rolfe told supervisors that the plan allows a county to get up to $500,000 in matching funds to improve roads.

"I think it's a good program, but I think we need to set up a policy on this," Rolfe told board members. "What if next year the requests go over $500,000 - how are we going to pick and choose between roads?"

Rolfe said he would contact officials in counties which use the state program.

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