PAVING NOTICE: 
W & L Construction will begin paving operations on Cummings Street (RTE. 75) south of I-81 to the Abingdon Town Limits on Friday December 7th at 09:00 a.m. You should expect delays if you are trying to access the Exit 17 area from south of the interstate. Please DO NOT call 9-1-1 to request police, or emergency services staff, to direct traffic. The paving companies employ traffic control staff for this purpose. The police are not experienced with paving operations and will only slow the paving process. Further, dispatchers are trained to treat EVERY call as an emergency. Calling 9-1-1 to complain about traffic being stopped, while a flagger is present, is not an emergency. In addition, the time that the dispatcher wastes with your call could be better served with a person who is in an actual emergency. Virginia code 18.2-461 makes it a class 1 Misdemeanor to make such calls.
The Code of Virginia, in 46.2-834, grants flaggers authority to assume control over traffic flow, and dictates that motorists obey the signals of flaggers. The code states, “Whenever an authorized flagger assumes control of vehicular traffic into or through a temporary traffic control zone using hand-signaling devices or an automated flagger assistance device, all drivers of vehicles shall obey his signals.”
Please be prepared to stop and obey all signals from designated flaggers if you choose to enter Abingdon via Rte. 75 during paving operations. Life is short, don’t let sitting in traffic stress you out.
Address/Location
AlertAbingdon
133 W Main St
Abingdon, VA 24210
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 276-628-3111