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

DATE: TUESDAY, November 30, 1993                   TAG: 9311300122
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Mag Poff
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

I-73 ROUTE BACKED BY REGIONAL PANEL

The Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Authority has announced its support for routing proposed Interstate 73 through the Alleghany region.

The commission said the highway entering Virginia through the Alleghany Highlands would benefit a large portion of rural Virginia.

The proposed route would enter Virginia on Interstate 64 between Alleghany County and Greenbrier County, W.Va. It would pass Clifton Forge and run along U.S. 220 into Botetourt County.

The commission said each jurisdiction from the Alleghany Highlands to the North Carolina line would get better access to new markets in the Carolinas.

The route already has been endorsed by Alleghany County, Botetourt County and Clifton Forge.

A Job Links Committee has been formed to promote the U.S. 220 portion of the route.

Sid Mason of Franklin County, a member of the committee, said the road would be an opportunity to link the Alleghany Highlands, Roanoke Valley and the greater Piedmont area in one economic unit.

Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

by CNB