AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing concerning improvements to Route 11 in Augusta County.

The meeting will take place Wednesday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. in the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton.

Citizens can come in anytime during the meeting hours and discuss the project on a one-on-one basis with VDOT officials and designers.

The purpose of this project is to improve operational safety for the Route 11 corridor in Augusta County from the intersection with Route 1049, which is Rolling Thunder Lane, through the interchange with Route 262, to the Staunton southern city limits.