ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, November 23, 1996            TAG: 9611250145
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

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'Smart' road wish list

The technology needed to make the "smart" road a testbed for automotive research could include 40-foot snow-making towers that use 175,000 gallons of water an hour and the road's own power grid. Virginia Tech has detailed for the state the infrastructure it wants in the "smart" road. Local environmental groups protest these specifications should have been made known and included in earlier environmental studies on the road. State highway officials, however, say the timing is standard for highway projects. For details, see today's front page.

Phone giant enters local Internet market

Bell Atlantic is entering the Internet access business in the New River and Roanoke valleys. Blacksburg's Internet Business Technologies has hooked up with Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions to offer the access. The phone giant was drawn to the two valleys because of their high number of Internet users. See today's Business page.

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