Development
Botetourt board approves a waterline for the Dal-Nita Hills subdivision
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Development
Lanes, civic barns, and the emails neighborhoods send about both.
Development
Botetourt names Shannon Turner to the planning commission after a packed meeting
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Development
Williamson Road's lane diet is staying. Crashes are down.
A lane reconfiguration on Williamson Road is becoming permanent after city public works told council total crashes on the stretch dropped about 40 percent. Cardinal News has the Field Notes. The overnight paving this week is the same corridor, different shift.
News
Belleview by the hospital stays closed into summer 2027
Carilion told the Roanoke Rambler the West Pavilion brick repair at Roanoke Memorial will run through summer 2027, and Belleview Avenue stays shut until the street is safe to reopen. The detour off Jefferson has been in place since June 2025. If you are going to the Level I, budget the extra turn.
News
Daleville blasting for Project GVO is coming. The letters missed some front yards.
WSLS reports Carolina Drilling told Daleville and Troutville residents that controlled blasting for Project GVO starts in mid-September, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is expected to last at least a year. Neighbors next to the site say they did not get the letter; wells are the worry. The contractors did not comment on camera.
City Hall
Berglund focus group wraps. The building still needs work.
A city entertainment-district focus group has finished months of meetings without a yes-or-no on a casino. Cardinal News reports Berglund Center staff told council some civic-center work — on the order of $10 million — should not wait, on a building with more than $30 million in identified repairs. No council vote is in this item.
News
I-81 blasting this week: slow rolls between 143 and 150
Roanoke County says blasting on the I-81 widening in Roanoke and Botetourt counties is on for Wednesday and Thursday this week, 9 to 11 a.m., inside an eight-week window through late October. Northbound slow rolls start at the 146 on-ramp; southbound at 156 in Troutville. Each pause can run about 15 minutes. Pack patience, not a new route through someone's driveway.