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

DATE: SATURDAY, January 15, 1994                   TAG: 9401150174
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV7   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

INTERSTATE 73 MEETING FEB. 2

New River Valley residents will get a chance to have their say about the new Interstate 73 highway - proposed from Detroit, Mich., to Charleston, S.C. - during a meeting Feb. 2.

The session will be held from 4 until 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn off U.S. 460.

The Blacksburg session is one of several the Virginia Department of Transportation is holding to hear from the public on the proposed road. The department is evaluating the environmental, economic, engineering and financial feasibility of an I-73 highway.

There will be no formal presentation during the meetings, and citizens may attend at any time to view maps and a video that present several possible corridor locations for I-73 through Virginia.

Comments and suggests are welcome at the meetings. Written comments also will be accepted within 10 days after the meetings to: R.C. Lockwood, Virginia Department of Transportation, 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219.

Additional public meetings will be held on the following schedule. All sessions are from 4 until 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 26, Southwest Virginia 4-H Educational Center, 25236 Hillman Highway, Abingdon.

Jan. 27, Wytheville Community Center, 250 S. Fourth St.

Feb. 1, Henry County Administration Building, Kings Mountain Road, Collinsville.

Feb. 3, Roanoke Airport Holiday Inn, Peters Creek Road and I-581.

For more information, call Laura Bullock, 387-5493.

by CNB