We need intelligent solutions to bad roads

Gene Lemley, Bruceton Mills
It’s definitely evidence of waste when I see a contractor from Ohio painting beautiful yellow lines on a super ugly road that is named Glade Farms Road. Do we have painting contractors in West Virginia?
The road is laden with potholes and deteriorating patches on top of more deteriorating patches. I am certain the contractor would be willing to paint beautiful yellow lines on a gravel road, just show him the money. The yellow lines should not be straight down the middle, they should zigzag around the holes to direct the traffic in a meandering path and prevent damage to vehicles.
This would be comical if it weren’t so pathetic and frustrating to the taxpayers.
I am certain that there are well educated and well intentioned administrators at the Division of Highways (DOH), but they lack common sense if they pay a contractor to paint lines on a road that is under contract to be resurfaced in a few weeks, according to the contractor, and will need to be painted again.
We are encouraged from the articles in the newspaper that politicians and DOH administrators are attempting to address the situation, but as usual, bureaucracy inhibits action. Could this just be more smoke and mirrors where the smoke ends up in the clouds?
There appear to be no intelligent solutions to the despicable conditions of the roads, only vacuous excuses. We were told by officials from the state that the large trucks damage the roads. Does the state require that the logging companies, gas and oil companies, etc. be bonded before they damage the roads? You break it, you fix it, not the taxpayers.
I am not asking for streets of gold as in heaven, just smooth roads in almost heaven West Virginia.