ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: FRIDAY, August 25, 1995                   TAG: 9508250035
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: ROBERT FREIS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

The project calls for regrading Prices Fork Road to remove two treacherous hills - one near the intersection of Merrimac Road, the other near M&M Tire. The road will remain two-laned but will be straightened and widened to include bike lanes and shoulders. Improvements will claim a number of large roadside trees, including a row of century-old maples in front of the historic Price-Johnson house. Also, parking lots at Prices Fork Elementary School and several businesses will be altered. Brugh said complications posed by re-routing Prices Fork Road's heavy traffic during construction will extend the project's completion until next summer. Motorists should consider avoiding bottlenecks by using U.S. 460 and Peppers Ferry Road as a detour, he advised. 


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