Botetourt welcomes plan to fix Exit 150

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  1. Justinxx81

    Justinxx81 Bobtail Member

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    In today's paper; what do yall think?

    http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/247995

    Botetourt welcomes plan to fix Exit 150

    VDOT's plan includes closing a truck stop and building a roundabout to control traffic exiting I-81.

     
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  3. hindsy

    hindsy Road Train Member

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    So get rid of the trucks and things are better? I don't know the area, but is this a decent truck stop or one of those that is just in a key spot?
     
  4. Hardlyevr

    Hardlyevr Road Train Member

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    now will they mandatorily approve the zoning for a new truckstop that is nearby, and pay for all the interchange improvements to handle the new higher truck traffic at a new location, or will they just close the truckstop and further worsen the shortage of truck parking along this heavily traveled route, adding to driver fatigue?
     
  5. hindsy

    hindsy Road Train Member

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    And it will of course be the driver's fault if the stretch that goes past there becomes a high crash area due to fatigued drivers. Hopefully TA or someone sees to open a new one nearby.
     
  6. truckerdave1970

    truckerdave1970 On Probation

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    New truckstop??? NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY! !!
    No one wants the trucks but they sure want the freight we bring! I say screw 'em all!!! Let the whole stinking state starve! The anti-truck attitude is making me crazy.
     
  7. hindsy

    hindsy Road Train Member

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    I know lets haul everything with smaller vehicles that can't hold as much so then we will create new jobs and then use more fuel and then... it is just crazy how people can get this type of attitude about trucks.
    "That crap in your house got there because a truck brought it!" unless you made the things out of the trees in your backyard. lol
     
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  9. hindsy

    hindsy Road Train Member

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    wonder how much their cpm is?
     
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