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Vol. 32, No. 52 | Richmond Suburban News | May 4, 2016
Supervisors: more study needed ‘Waiting game’ on investigation on route options for railroad By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local HANOVER — Just the mention of high-speed rail draws a crowd here, and that was certainly the case as a number of residents packed last week’s DAVIS meeting of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. The board considered a resolution regarding the proposed high-speed rail between Richmond and Washington, D.C., a proposal that has drawn criticism from a number of county residents. Early this year, county
they were passengers struck a tree head-on. They were pronounced dead at the scene. HANOVER — “It’s a The vehicle was heading waiting game. This is a death east when the wreck took investigation,� Sgt. James place around 10:36 p.m. R. Cooper of the Hanover “You’ve got two young men County Sheriff ’s Office said that are Monday dead,� morning Cooper as the added, Mechan“so right icsville now it’s commua death nity coninvestitinues to gation mourn and two that’s young Photos courtesy Richmond Times-Dispatch the way men Dylan Ballard, left, and Elliott Hinton, were we’re killed in killed in the April 23 crash. handling a crash it.� Saturday, April 23, at 6089 There were four other Cold Harbor Rd. people in the truck who Dylan Ballard, 17, and were taken to VCU Health Elliott Hinton, 22, both of Systems. The Richmond Mechanicsville, died when Times-Dispatch identified the 2001 four-door Dodge Ram pickup truck in which see WAITING, pg. 26
By Melody Kinser Managing Editor
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
A CSX train rolls through the Town of Ashland as the debate continues on a proposed highspeed rail between Washington, D.C., and Richmond.
administrator Cecil R. “Rhu� Harris Jr. presented a letter to the Virginia Department of Rail, stating the county’s support for the western route option regarding a proposed high-speed rail route. Other options included
installing a third rail in Ashland or doing nothing at all. Apparently, that letter has been a point of contention since its issuance and the resolution was an attempt to clarify the board’s position.
At least, that’s how Henry District supervisor Sean Davis sees it. Davis said the letter was issued without his, or most of his colleague’s knowledge or see RAILROAD, pg. 19
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