Supes to Discuss Jamestown Road Traffic Light

Supes to Discuss Jamestown Road Traffic Light

By WYDaily Staff Tuesday, February 08, 2011

At their meeting Tuesday evening, James City County Supervisors will discuss the plan for a new traffic light at Jamestown Road.

The Virginia Department of Transportation did a study on the area last year and determined a light was needed at Colony Square Shopping Center. Several citizens spoke out against the idea at the January 11 supervisors meeting, arguing a new light wasn’t needed now that Fresh Market plans to leave the shopping center. They were also concerned that a light would only serve to back up traffic even more in the area and block exiting traffic from businesses and neighborhoods.

Supervisor John McGlennon asked the board to consider working on a resolution that would suspend plans for the light until a more comprehensive study could be done. That study would take into consideration the larger impact along the road as well as future changes and development plans.

The board is set to discuss this at their Tuesday meeting. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in building F of the county government complex on Mounts Bay Road.

Other business

Supervisors will also consider accepting a grant for a beach stabilization project at Jamestown Beach Park. The Chesapeake Bay Trust, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center and the Maryland Department of the Environment, awarded the grant for about $100,000. The project will cost just over $200,000, with the county covering $89,400.

The plan is to build a living shoreline, which uses rocks to reduce the impact of waves and stabilize the shoreline while creating a healthy habitat.

A similar project was completed last year at nearby Jamestown 4-H campground with the same type of grant funding.

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0 #3 Guest 2011-02-15 14:19

I am not a traffic control specialist by no sense of the imagination; however, I do disagree with the Virginia Department of transportation about installing another traffic light in that area of Williamsburg. There is a traffic light at the Jamestown Road and Highway 199 intersection. Now what is the need for another light some 200 yards down the street. Would it benefit the car entering Jamestown Road or hinder the car that are on Jamestown Road. At the rate we are going we will have a traffic light on every corner in Williamsburg soon enough. Really now, take a look at Monticello Avenue between that area of News and Ironbound Roads.

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-1 #2 Guest 2011-02-08 16:16

You can't regulate common sense. Peop;e today think they're the only ones on the road or are entitled tothe right of way all the time. But if the people don't feel the need for a trafic light the supes should for once listne to the peopel and not put one there.

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+2 #1 Guest 2011-02-08 10:28

I drive this stretch every day at least twice. I go to Colony Square a few times a week. Traffic flows smoothly virtually all the time. The only exceptions are the few times there are accidents and when people disobey the law and turn left into the 7-11. There are already vacant storefronts in Colony Square. Fresh Market is leaving. Supes--this is a no brainer.

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