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 Clements Mill (Piedmont Mill) circa 1870
-Historic mill threatened by I-73 in the German Baptist District of Franklin County, VA.
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BREDL Transportation and Land Use Campaign
The
Transportation and Land Use campaign will concentrate
on protecting existing communities and
the surrounding natural environment on
which their health and well-being depends
from the threat of massive highway
projects. This campaign will push for
local control of highway projects for
local needs, with support for
improvements and upgrade to existing
roads in lieu of building new roads.
Topping the list are I-73, featured in
Road to Ruin as one of the nation's top
50 worst highway projects in 2004.
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Presentation on Split Estates
Feb. 13, 2013: Therese Vick's powerpoint presentation, which was presented in Lee County, about split estates. Over time, Split Estate has come to be defined as a situation in which a property owner is not the same party who owns the rights to extract minerals from underneath the property.
Download Presentation: Powerpoint | PDF
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Dumping Contaminated Soil in a Field is not Farming
July 2012: BREDL fact sheet on bioremediation (landfarming)
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VAR files legal action against FHWA and VDOT
Oct. 15, 2007: Virginians for Appropriate Roads (VAR) has filed legal action against Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) seeking an injunction prohibiting FHWA from providing financial assistance for I-73 and prohibiting Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and its contractors from commencing construction of the project.
Read VAR Press Release.
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Road to Ruin Report lists I-73 as one of the most wasteful in the nation
June 2, 2004: Read Press
Release and link to Report - Interstate 73 is
one of the most wasteful highway projects in the
nation, according to a new report released today
by Virginians for Appropriate Roads (VAR),
Citizens Concerned about I-73, Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League (BREDL), Taxpayers
for Common Sense (TCS), and Friends of the Earth
(FoE). The report, Road to Ruin, identifies the
27 most wasteful highway projects in the country.
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