The results showed about 3,300 comments in favor of the various routes, and 7,500 opposed to those same routes. At least one point on the sheet was confusing. The other improve-220 option would be to make it an interstate highway. Board members may have to choose between the two columns to gauge public support, but either one shows more comments that favor improving the existing road to building a new one. Candidates take I-73 en route to November Interstate 73 has overlaid itself on the road map of this fall's election campaign, with several Democrats lining up against its proposed route through Southeast Roanoke and Roanoke County.
Interstate opponents say historical sites and environmental issues are their best means of defense.
Henry County residents somehow got I-73 rerouted. The endangered fish, farm land and forests are concerns that may affect the federal approval of I-73. The new plan through Henry County will also cost just a little less to build. It won't be an interstate in West Virginia. In Virginia, the section from Bluefield to Roanoke is on the back burner.