City officers say ‘aggressive signage’ truly labored to stop vans from getting caught on slender highway
Officers in a Virginia city say their newly put in indicators have drastically diminished the variety of semi vans that get caught on a slender, winding highway.
The eight mile stretch of State Route 664 from Nelson to Augusta counties in Virginia is thought for snagging semi vans that attempt to navigate the slender lanes and sharp turns. Truck drivers attempting to get from Interstate 81 to Route 29 would fall sufferer to the roadway and get caught, inflicting main visitors points for residents within the space.
The Virginia Division of Transportation banned tractor trailers from touring the highway in 2021. Now, Wintergreen Hearth Chief Curtis Sheets says the set up of “aggressive signage” along with the ban has fastened “90% of the issue,” reported CBS 19.
“For the people who dwell and work right here, it means all the pieces. As a result of in case you arrive at a caught truck on that highway it’s going so as to add not less than 20 minutes to your commute, and that’s assuming that the Blue Ridge Parkway is open. If it’s not, it might add an hour,” he mentioned.
Along with the ban and signage, fines issued to truck drivers who ignore the ban have added to the ban’s success.
