Rt. 220 Safety Improvement Project Meeting rescheduled

BOTETOURT CO. (WSLS 10) - Due to the possibility of winter weather, the Virginia Department of Transportation says they have rescheduled an information meeting on a proposed project to reconstruct the 10-mile section of Route 220, between Iron Gate and the James River bridge.

The meeting is rescheduled for Thursday, March 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Eagle Rock Elementary School located at 145 Eagle's Nest Drive in Eagle Rock. Officials say the meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 5. 

According to VDOT officials, the primary purpose of the project is to enhance safety along Rt. 220 by providing an upgraded two-lane road, improving vertical and horizontal alignment, widening shoulders, realigning intersections, adding turn lanes and creating additional passing zones. 

This proposed project would reconstruct Route 220 as a two-lane road and is intended to reduce the severity and number of crashes.   

Comments about the project may be submitted at the meeting or until March 22, 2015, by mail to Mr. Craig Moore, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation, 731 Harrison Avenue, Salem, VA 24153.