Route 307

Last Saturday we visited our daughter Sarah and her family in Rustburg, VA. We took Route 360 to Route 307 to Route 460 and then turned off 460 at Concord for Rustburg.

            Route 307 is a two-lane nine-mile connector between heavily traveled routes 360 and 460 and consists of hills, hills, and more hills. It may take 15 minutes to traverse Route 307, or it may take 20 – 25 minutes; it depends on whether there is a truck carrying bales of hay in front of you.

            There are few places to pass on Route 7, and even fewer places that I would consider passing for there are too many blind spots and too many hills…why take a chance, even a slight chance?

            Some folks drive too fast on this road – let ‘em go – what’s the point?

            On the 360 end of Route 307 is a Tyson’s Chicken facility – I think it’s a hatchery. When you’re driving from 460 to 360 the facility is a welcome sight for it lets you know you’re at 360. Also on the 360 end, not far from the chicken facility, is a home on the right (heading toward 460) that sells vegetables during the spring, summer, and fall. I’ve never stopped there, I don’t know the name of the family, but it is a fixture on Route 307.

            Yesterday I mentioned to Vickie that I am going to petition VDOT to shorten Route 307, even if they’d take two miles off the road it would be helpful. If a significant number of people drive on 307 to connect with either 360 0r 460 then why make them drive nine miles to do so? Why not shorten 307 to seven miles? Why not try to shorten it to five miles?

            It doesn’t appear as if the folks that live on 307 use all of their land; the houses are spread out and there are whole tracts of land with thickly-wooded areas – surely a contraction wouldn’t inconvenience the residents along 307. Plus, surely the folks who live on 307 work elsewhere, so a road contraction would shorten their commute, saving time and gas and money – I can’t see an argument against my request to VDOT.