Farmville Resident Engineer Scott Frederick recently presented an overview of current road projects taking place, and items in the draft secondary six-year plan for Buckingham County.

The six-year plan, Frederick told members of the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors on May 13, acts as a pipeline to schedule and implement road improvement projects over a six-year period.

Items currently in progress, according to a draft of the six-year plan include Route 737, Warminster Church Road; Route 699, Winfrey Inez Road; Route 764, Lee Town Road; Route 630, Red Road; Route 669, Rocky Mountain Road; Route 684, Cobbs Road; Route 785, Brill Road and Route 773, Shumaker Road.

Two projects in the six-year plan are set to begin July 1. These include road improvements for Route 676, Ridge Road and Route 763, River Ridge Road. The total cost for the two projects is $350,000.

“That’s a great benefit to the county,” Frederick said.

Two projects estimated to begin in 2020 include Route 702, Ivy Road and Route 668, Hunting Shack Road.

Improvements to Route 768, Hunters Road and Route 679 Paynes Pond Road are set to begin in 2021.

Improvements to Route 630, Red Road; Route 689, Cresent Road; Route 756, Wise Ridge Road and Route 673, Virginia Mill Road are set to begin in 2022.

The last set of projects in the plan include Route 739, Blackwell Road; Route 693, Wyland Road; Route 620, Mill Road and Route 627, Warren Ferry Road that are set to begin in 2023.

He said VDOT is responding to routine maintenance issues like potholes and trees being down. Frederick responded to a question by District Four Supervisor Morgan Dunnavant about a barrel on side of a road. It’s meant to mark a groundhog hole.

Route 678 is expected to close temporarily beginning the week of Memorial Day, May 27. The area is expected to reopen on Sept. 13.

Frederick said that Red Road, Shumaker Road and Brill Road are currently being worked on.

He also said that asphalt resurfacing is expected to take place on Route 60, from Appomattox line to 5-and-a-half miles into the county; on Route 600, from the intersection with Route 654 to the intersection of Route 712; and Route 652 from intersection Route 615 to the other intersection of Route 676.

District Six Supervisor Joe Chambers noted that there is a tree down on Route 652, past Union Branch Baptist Church.

He also noted that on Route 678, the trees can prevent motorists from seeing traffic on the roadways.

Frederick said Route 678 is the road expected to be temporarily closed and could take a look at the trees in the area.

Assistant Resident Engineer Carrie Shepheard said that she believes the trees in question are off right of ways, meaning a property agreement with the property owners would need to be made in order to address trees in that area.

District Three Supervisor Don Matthews asked about concerns related to roadways on Routes 635 and 633. He said portions of the roadway are being affected by heavy rainfall and encouraged patchwork on areas of those routes. He also expressed concern about a school bus that doesn’t necessarily have room to make a turn when the bus travels from Route 635 to Route 633.

District Two Supervisor Donnie Bryan praised the contractors that worked with VDOT to clean up litter from the roadways, and asked Frederick and Shepheard about the potential for Buckingham students to clear litter in the county as a fundraising opportunity.

Shepheard said she could pursue that idea further.