Residents seek safety upgrades at Spotsylvania intersection

Spotsylvania and Orange County residents are asking leaders for federal help to improve the Orange Plank Road and Brock Road intersection, which they describe as a traffic bottleneck and safety hazard. The four-way-stop intersection serves three major neighborhoods, but the National Park Service has opposed a roundabout or smart traffic light to protect the Wilderness Battlefield site.

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