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Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board this week approved the next round of Smart Scale funding, including 10 projects worth $35 million in Southwest Virginia.

Meeting Wednesday in Richmond, the 17-member board approved $22.9 billion for highway, rail and public transportation as part of the state’s six-year improvement plan. It includes the third round of Smart Scale project funding, allocating $859.4 million for fiscal 2019-20 to 134 highway, public transportation and transportation demand management projects statewide, according to a written statement. The fiscal year begins July 1.

While the 12-county Bristol District originally had just three projects score well enough for this round, an additional seven projects were added through other funding sources.

Three projects were fully funded through the state’s high priority project funding. Those include $2.8 million for a roundabout at the intersection of Lee Highway and Euclid Avenue in Bristol, $800,000 to improve the Russell Road and Poplar Street intersection in Abingdon and $4.5 million for intersection safety improvements on state Route 52 in Bland County, according to VDOT spokeswoman Michelle Earl.