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VDOT’s Carrie Shepheard, Lou Hatter on the Afton Mountain rock slide

Chris Graham

VDOT Charlottesville residency engineer Carrie Shepheard and communications manager Lou Hatter join the show to break down what VDOT is doing at the site of the Afton Mountain rock slide.

More on the Afton Mountain rock slide

  • Inside what caused the Afton Mountain rock slide
    College of William & Mary structural geology professor Christopher “Chuck” Bailey joins the show to discuss the factors that caused the Afton Mountain rock slide.
  • A mass movement in the Blue Ridge
    Mid-day on Sunday (May 2nd, 2021), I crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains along U.S. Route 250. As I traveled up the mountain, just to the west of the Albemarle-Nelson county line, I noticed a modest pile of rock debris and tilted trees on the uphill side of the highway. A small mass wasting event had recently occurred—this was no surprise as the southeastern slope of the Blue Ridge near Rockfish Gap is prone to mass movement because of its geology.
  • VDOT mobilizing contractors to stabilize slope, clear rock slide on U.S. 250 on Afton Mountain
    U.S. 250 will likely be closed for weeks while excavation and stabilization is done between Route 6 east of the summit of Afton Mountain and Route 750 just west of the Rockfish Gap Country Store.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," a zero-time Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, and a member of zero Halls of Fame, is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].