Elkton Traffic Study Proposals Meet Cold Reception
Elkton council members and residents rejected an advisory traffic flow plan presented at a public hearing. The Small Urban Transportation Study, begun in 2013, proposes two options to manage vehicles and pedestrians through 2040 in a triangle area along Stuart Avenue. VDOT planner Adam Campbell noted the town’s 1.5 percent annual growth as the basis for the study.
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Elkton
VDOT
Adam Campbell
Urban Transportation Study Proposes Median and Bike Lanes
A study for Spotswood area plans traffic growth to 2040 and offers two options. Option one adds a median on Stuart Avenue with a pedestrian refuge, a crosswalk at Old Spotswood Trail, a bicycle lane on Old Spotswood Trail east of Stuart Avenue, and sidewalks. Option two converts Old Spotswood Trail and Spotswood Avenue to one way streets, reallocating one lane for bicycle use.
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Stuart Avenue
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Spotswood Trail
Spotswood Avenue
Adventurers Club expands to add Spotswood High School
The Adventurers Club, an educational nonprofit offering free or discounted passes to Massanutten Resort, will include Spotswood High School this year thanks to $2,100 in donations. William R. Madren of Elkton contributed $1,600 and the Community Foundation of Harrisonburg added $500, enabling access for the final two nine week periods of the current school year.
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Adventurers Club
Spotswood High School
Massanutten Resort
Friends of
East Rockingham County
L.J. Lorette
Elkton group honors AutoZone with December award
Elkton Downtown Revitalization Corp reserves its December 2015 Business Appreciation Award for AutoZone at 15090 Old Spotswood Trail Elkton. The plaque recognizes acquisition and beautification of the property and staff excellence following AutoZone Corporation purchasing the 1.84 acre site from Diane Workman Derzis in February 2015.
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Elkton Downtown Revitalization Corporation
Charlie Dean
AutoZone
Megan Dean
EDRC
Joshua Gooden
Elkton Downtown
Old Spotswood Trail
Elkton
Nize
AutoZone Corporation
Alabama
Diane Workman Derzis
Little Caesars may open at Elkton BP station
Go-Mart Inc plans to bring a Little Caesars to the BP station at Mt. Hermon Road and U.S. 33 in Elkton this spring. The property, bought for 1.44 million, seeks rezoning to B-1. The plan faces a Jan 27 board vote amid concerns about parking and traffic.
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U.S. 33
Elkton
Go-Mart Inc
Mt. Hermon Road
Go-Mart
Gassoway
W.va
E&a Land LLC
Paul Gaughan
General Agricultural
General Business
James May
Gaughan
Domino’s
Ciro’s
Goodfellas
Pizza Hut
Pat Beddon
Beddon
Elkton to hold public hearing on water sewer bonds
The Elkton Council will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Monday February 15 in the Elkton Area Community Center to discuss issuance of up to 3.1 million in water and sewer bonds. Attorney Nathan Miller announced the hearing after it was moved from January 18. The bonds fund phase two of wastewater plant upgrades under a consent order with the Virginia DEQ. the town took over plant operation in September.
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Elkton
Blue and Gold Drive
Nathan Miller
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
General Store Expands Showroom on Maryland Avenue Shenandoah
Shenandoah General Store co owner Karen Miller says the expansion adds 1500 square feet to 123 Maryland Ave converting Foltz home built in the 1920s into a showroom. The couple owns 119 and 123 Maryland Ave since 1989 and previously offered home furnishings by special order. They will add beds curtains primitive furniture and pictures to the lineup.
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Karen Miller
Shenandoah General Store
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Maryland Ave
Clarence Foltz
Foltz
Karen
Vember
Home Furnishings
Caleb M. Soptelean
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