FREDERICKSBURG – The public is invited to learn more about a Route 616 (Roaring Springs Road) pedestrian extension study in Gloucester County.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the potential to build an extended paved path for pedestrians and bicyclists along Roaring Springs Road from Route 1025 (Wyncote Avenue) to Beaverdam Park.

Currently, VDOT is designing a new sidewalk to be installed along the east side of Roaring Springs Road from Route 17 Business (Main Street) to Wyncote Avenue. This planning study would determine the feasibility and preferred alignment of building an approximately two-mile-long path from Wyncote Avenue to Beaverdam Park, and the costs associated with building a bicycle and pedestrian facility separate from the road. An alternative to the shared use path through this segment would include a 6-foot wide sidewalk separated from the roadway by an area approximately 16 feet wide that would contain the roadway shoulder and ditch. In this alternative, there may be need for an 8-foot wide boardwalk separated from the roadway by an area approximately 14 feet wide that would contain the roadway shoulder and ditch.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is administering the feasibility study with Gloucester County and the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC).

An in-person public information meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025

5 – 7 p.m.*

Botetourt Elementary School

6361 Main Street

Gloucester, VA 23061

*In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the same time and location.

The meeting will be held in an open-house format.

Stop by the public hearing anytime between 5 – 7 p.m. to review study materials, preliminary design displays, and discuss questions with staff.

A survey will be posted on the study project page leading up to the meeting: https://vdot.virginia.gov/RoaringSpringsPathStudy

Written and online comments on the project will be accepted through Aug. 25, 2025.

Give your written comments at the meeting or submit by mailing them to Ms. Casandra Lord, Planning Manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 87 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405.

You may also email your comments to [email protected]. Please reference “Roaring Springs Road Path Study” in the subject line.

Please visit the online project page to learn more about the study at www.VDOT.Virginia.gov and to view meeting materials.