By Mike Feazel, Lake Monticello News
Work on the intersection of Lake Monticello Road and South Boston Road probably won’t start this year, but widening Route. 15 near the new Amazon facility probably will, said Cole Mastin, superintendent of the Fluvanna district for the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Speaking at the Silver and Gold group meeting on Wednesday at the Ashlawn Clubhouse, Mastin said work on the intersection was to have begun in December 2026, “but I think that has changed. … I think they are revisiting it.” Among other things, large projects like that can be “over-ridden” by big events like this year’s “bad winter,” he said.
VDOT has indicated in the past that work on the Lake Monticello-South Boston intersection, including a new turn lane, could close Lake Monticello Road and/or South Boston Road to non-emergency traffic for an extended period.
There will be “reconstruction” near the new Amazon facility, to be paid for by Amazon, Mastin said. He said the project will include turn lanes and road widening that will “probably start before the end of the year.”
His office doesn’t decide on new things like new signs at the Lake Monticello gates to direct non-residents to gates they can enter, Mastin said. The best way to get things like that done is to contact your representative on the county board of supervisors, who then can present it to VDOT, he said.
Persons who spot a new problem with existing road facilities can report it to VDOT by calling 1-800-FOR-ROADS, Mastin said, encouraging attendees to report it as soon as possible.
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