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GOING THE EXTRA MILE<br />
Citizens Express Gratitude for VDOT<br />
“Thank you for taking care of the traffic<br />
hazards on Hunters Creek Road in<br />
Forest.” - D. Daussin, New London AHQ<br />
“Great job of cleaning out the culverts on<br />
Falling Branch Road! Thank you!”<br />
- M. Miller, Christiansburg AHQ<br />
“The mowers did a fantastic job on<br />
Clover Hollow Road. The road looks very<br />
nice.” - P. Pettit, Pearisburg AHQ<br />
“Thank you for the road surface patching<br />
on Kelleys Drive in Floyd. We appreciate<br />
all you do!” - Unknown, Floyd AHQ<br />
“Thank you very much for fixing the road<br />
near Colonial Avenue in Roanoke. We are<br />
very happy with the patching.”<br />
- G. Bronson, Southwest County AHQ<br />
“Thank you for replacing the pipe on<br />
Roger Road at its intersection with Merlin<br />
Spring Lane. We are so grateful! Thank<br />
you VDOT Team!” - B. Graefe, Check AHQ<br />
“Thank you to the crew that cut back<br />
brush and tree limbs on Cottontown<br />
Road. I have never seen such an amazing<br />
job. We are so appreciative of their hard<br />
work. Thank you.”<br />
- C. Wilson, New London AHQ<br />
“Thanks to the VDOT workers for the<br />
excellent job they did laying new gravel<br />
on Belcher Road in Penhook. I have lived<br />
here 14 years and the surface has never<br />
been this smooth. The road looks great.”<br />
- G. Willard, Glade Hill AHQ<br />
“Thank you for the work that was done<br />
on the new culvert across Roger Road in<br />
Floyd County. The road not only drains so<br />
much better, but the work also eliminated<br />
a dangerous narrow spot in the road.<br />
Thank you for all your efforts to maintain<br />
our little road. Hang in there! It is<br />
important work that you are doing!”<br />
- E. Wolf, Check AHQ<br />
“The crew did a great job working on<br />
Meadors Spur Road in Moneta. Thank<br />
you.” - T. Payne, Smith Mountain Lake AHQ<br />
“Kudos to the guys that graded Lonely<br />
Hollow Road in Huddleston. They did a<br />
great job smoothing it out and I really<br />
appreciate their work.”<br />
- W. Ashwell, Smith Mountain Lake AHQ<br />
With Superintendent Larry Weeks<br />
assisting (above, right), Operator<br />
Mike Buckner (left) used a chainsaw<br />
to cut up a tree blocking Valley View<br />
Church Road in Riner. Supervisor<br />
Ronnie Akers used a Gradall (right)<br />
to remove the debris from the road.<br />
STORM CLEANUP<br />
EMPLOYEE UPDATES<br />
New Hires<br />
Christopher J. Branscome, Contract Monitor,<br />
<strong>Salem</strong> Residency<br />
Nathan M. Hale, Operator, District Sign Shop<br />
Brian C. Arrington, Operator, Glade Hill AHQ<br />
Alexandria H. Chaney, Land Use Engineer,<br />
Christiansburg Residency<br />
James A. Furlong, Business Administrator, <strong>Salem</strong><br />
Residency<br />
Troy D. Winchester, Operator, Hanging Rock AHQ<br />
Roy Bryant Jr, Operator, Buchanan AHQ<br />
Bruce J. Monroe, Operator, New London AHQ<br />
Jacob A. Ransome, Operator, Hanging Rock AHQ<br />
Transfers<br />
Stephen R. Phillips Jr, Land Use Engineer, <strong>Salem</strong><br />
District<br />
Carless E. Brown, Contract Monitor, Bedford<br />
Residency<br />
Anthony Ford is now overseeing locally-administered programs in<br />
addition to planning, programming and investment management (PIM)<br />
in his new role as <strong>Salem</strong> District Planning and Investment Manager. He<br />
will be joining two teams to help identify and develop future projects.<br />
After previously leading PIM for about six years, he is looking forward to<br />
putting more of a focused effort on the locally-administered programs.<br />
<strong>April</strong> was full of surprises including<br />
interesting weather that kept our crews<br />
busy. Storms plowed through the <strong>Salem</strong><br />
District causing downed trees and<br />
debris to litter the roadways. On <strong>April</strong> 9,<br />
Christiansburg AHQ spent the day cleaning<br />
up the aftermath of one such storm.<br />
Transfers Cont’d<br />
Anthony W. Ford, Planning and Investment<br />
Manager, <strong>Salem</strong> District<br />
David W. Nininger, Crew Leader, Troutville<br />
AHQ<br />
Promotions<br />
Danny W. Bryant, Crew Leader, Buchanan<br />
AHQ<br />
Matthew J. Gillenwater, Crew Leader,<br />
Southwest AHQ<br />
Jordan D. Lamb, Crew Leader, Fancy Gap AHQ<br />
Retirements<br />
Kirk Robertson retired from Burnt Chimney<br />
after 45 years of service.<br />
Johnnie Smith retired from Glade Hill AHQ<br />
after 35 years of service.<br />
Calvin Webb retired from Hillsville AHQ after<br />
42 years of service.<br />
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Virginia Department of Transportation<br />
<strong>Salem</strong> District<br />
Office of Communications<br />
731 Harrison Avenue, <strong>Salem</strong>, VA 24153<br />
Nancy.Simmons@VDOT.Virginia.gov<br />
540-387-5236<br />
©<strong>2020</strong> Commonwealth of Virginia
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