THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 17, 1996 TAG: 9601160117
SECTION: ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN PAGE: 10 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LINDA McNATT, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: ISLE OF WIGHT LENGTH: Medium: 75 lines
Two members of the County Board of Supervisors have been appointed to work with Windsor to help bring central sewerage to the small town in the south-central part of the county.
One of those supervisors is an old hand at the Windsor sewage issue: Bobby Claud, former Windsor mayor and longtime council member there. Sitting for the first time last week in the Windsor District board seat he won last November, Claud asked the supervisors for help in working out the details.
Central sewerage is important, he said, for the town to continue prospering, from both a residential as well as an economic standpoint. So Claud, along with Smithfield Supervisor Mac Cofer, was appointed to the board committee that will work with the town.
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District already has agreed to lay the Windsor connector pipeline along U.S. Route 460, and construction of that line is expected to begin sometime early this year.
However, a larger and more expensive problem will be working out the details of financing a distribution system to allow Windsor area residents to hook into the sewer line. Negotiations and planning will take some time, Claud said.
Claud also will join several supervisors in assessing the potential impact of Lake Gaston pipeline water on residents near Ennis Mill Pond.
Originally, the city of Virginia Beach had planned to build a pumping station and to install pipe to carry water Gaston water to a local reservoir. But late last year, a Beach representative told the county supervisors that the city prefers eliminating the additional pipeline and dumping the water into Ennis Pond, which empties into Lake Prince.
The supervisors decided not to act on Virginia Beach's request until they can study it further, and they plan a public hearing on the issue at their Feb. 22 meeting.
Supervisor O.A. Spady said that before he hears more about it, he wants to see the situation for himself. And Claud agreed to check with residents who might be affected to see when they can meet in the area with the supervisors.
In other business, the supervisors voted unanimously to join with Surry and Prince George counties in an effort to bring improvements to Va. Route 10, commonly known at the Colonial Trail.
The action was prompted by a letter from Claude Reeson, governmental affairs chairman for the Surry County Chamber of Commerce.
``The current condition of State Route No. 10 poses a danger to citizens and travelers, and hinders our social and economic development,'' Reeson said in the letter.
According to statistics from the Virginia Department of Transportation, the winding, two-lane road has had more than double the number of fatalities than other state roads over the past five years; 15 people have died in accidents along Route 10 since 1990.
The portion of the road designated by the Surry chamber runs from its intersection with Route 156 in Prince George to its intersection with Business Route 10 in Isle of Wight.
Reeson said in his letter that Surry would like to see the road widened by at least 20 feet to make room for wider shoulders, to improve sight distance and drainage and to provide bike paths and pedestrian access.
The Isle of Wight board agreed to adopt a resolution supporting the request for improvements and to work with Surry and Prince George at the state level. MEMO: The County Board's next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 22,
in the Board of Supervisors meeting room at the Isle of Wight
Courthouse.
ILLUSTRATION: NEW LEADERS
At its first meeting of 1996, the Isle of Wight County Board
appointed Carrsville District Supervisor Phillip Bradshaw board
chairman and Hardy District Supervisor Henry Bradby vice chairman.
by CNB