MORGANTOWN – They would never admit it, but the folks responsible for keeping West Virginia University’s little blue Personal Rapid Transit cuboids (PRT) plugging along must certainly be embroiled in […]
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Policy makers want a closer look at plans to close Grumbein’s Island
MORGANTOWN — Sometimes you’ve just got to see it to believe it. So it goes with some members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board who say they’d […]
MPO holding first public planning session Tuesday at Mountain Line
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization is once again asking the community to get involved in planning for the future of the area’s transportation system. The Mountain Line […]
‘Highly unlikely’ Exit 155 traffic lights in place before fall
MORGANTOWN — In October 2023, when it was first announced that two sets of temporary traffic lights were likely coming to Chaplin Hill Road at I-79 Exit 155, members of […]
Morrisey: Massive culture change needed on roads
BRIDGEPORT – Broken roads. Broken bridges, Broken system. Broke. Gov. Patrick Morrisey traveled to the heart of road condition discontent on Monday to announce what he’s calling a “massive culture […]
MPO accepts Don Knotts pedestrian bridge feasibility study
MORGANTOWN — In October 2023, the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization was prepared to steer $400,000 in Transportation Block Grant dollars into engineering a pedestrian bridge spanning Don Knotts Boulevard. […]
Roundabouts, changes to Grumbein Island, Willey Street recommended
MORGANTOWN — The intersection of Beechurst Avenue and 8th Street. The multi-pronged intersection of Stewart Street, Protzman Street, Van Gilder Avenue and Hoffman Avenue. And, potentially, the intersection of U.S. […]
Study: Don Knotts pedestrian bridge possible for about $7 million
MORGANTOWN — Is a pedestrian bridge spanning Don Knotts Boulevard feasible? Morgantown’s Historic Railroad Depot was filled Thursday evening with dozens of people interested in the answer to that question. […]
MPO report crunches the numbers on metro area crash data
MORGANTOWN — In the five-year span between 2019 and 2023, more than 10% of all vehicle crashes in the metropolitan area occurred on the roughly 3.5 mile stretch of WV […]
Green Bag project awarded for 2025 construction season
MORGANTOWN — Kingwood-based Mountaineer Contractors seems to have cornered the market on Morgantown’s controversial roundabout projects. The same firm that was awarded a $2,091,104 contract in September to build an […]
