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Bridge delays, road widening and paving discussed at York’s VDOT update

Presentation topics included guardrail repairs, Route 17 widening, traffic studies

Williamsburg Independent
Oct 14, 2026
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VDOT’s Brian Gentry recently gave the York County Board of Supervisors an update covering maintenance work orders, delayed bridge repairs, SMART SCALE widening projects, paving schedules, and pending traffic studies. At their work session on October 6, Supervisors praised VDOT crew responsiveness, though they pressed for clearer Victory Boulevard project details and questioned Route 134 signal timing, among other issues raised.

The presentation by Gentry, Williamsburg VDOT Residency Administrator, covered the second- and third-quarter of 2026 update. He noted 925 call-center service requests with the work spread across 44 equipment operators and managers across three area headquarters when fully staffed. Projects discussed included delayed bridge work on Route 134 over Route 17 and Route 143 over I…

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