TCMinutes2023January23TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT to the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monday, January 23, 2023
8:30 a.m.
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES:
Committee Members Present: Judith McCann-Slaughter, Chairman (Voting), Charles
DeHaven, Jr. (Voting), Kevin Kenney (Voting), Shontya Washington (Voting), Lewis Boyer
(Liaison Stephens City) and Josh Ludwig (Voting), participated remotely
Committee Members Absent: Gary Oates (Voting)
Staff Present: Assistant Director, John Bishop and Kathy Smith, Secretary
ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION BY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
Route 37 Study Update: Staff shared the draft project study scope outline with the committee
and reported the expected cost to the committee. The project before the bid was estimated
around $250,000 it is now trending more towards $380,000. The increase is from the public
input and the modeling efforts. Staff reported that the $380,000 is a not to exceed number and
that staff will work to identify items where internal efforts could help reduce costs.
Upon a motion by, Charles DeHaven, Jr., seconded by Kevin Kenney the Committee
recommended that the Board of Supervisors authorize staff to proceed.
ITEMS FOR INFORMATION ONLY:
Gainesboro Road at Route 522 Intersection Update: Staff gave an update from the Timmons
Group on the draft signal justification report as well as VDOT’s comments. As expected, VDOT
is not currently accepting of the idea of a signal as the solution and has requested other updates
to the study as well. Staff will be moving forward with more information at the next meeting.
Frederick County Middle School/Gainesboro Elementary School Access: The school division has
a prepared draft access plan from ZMM Architects and Engineer. Bill Shelton, Civil Engineer with
the company gave a presentation of the draft for the intersection improvements in the entrance
area of the schools. Concerns were noted that the on-site layout could lead to unintended
bottlenecks.
County Project Updates: Renaissance Drive: The project was put out for advertisement on
November 15th. The decision was recently made to extent the bid window through the end of
the month. Bid opening is scheduled for January 31, 2023.
Other: Staff updated the Committee on Smartscale. Staff recommendations scores came out
last week. Exit 317 NB ramp realignment to Redbud Road and 522/Costello Drive turn
lane/intersection improvements and have been recommended for funding.