MORGANTOWN -- It now looks as if the temporary traffic lights planned for the I-79 Exit 155 off ramps might be operational by the end of next summer. An update was provided to the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board this week in response to member ...
MORGANTOWN -- Almost exactly one year ago (Oct. 19, 2023) members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board were told they would likely see temporary traffic lights going up on Chaplin Hill Road at both I-79 off ramps in the first quarter of 2024. In ...
MORGANTOWN -- In 2019, the state of West Virginia said it was committing $66 million to reconfigure I-79 Exit 155. Working with the county and developer WestRidge, the state said the new interchange would be constructed in a divergent diamond configuration with a westbound flyover and ...
The West Virginia Department of Transportation wants to take back money that it promised for the Exit 155 reconstruction. The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board should tell it no. For years, Exit 155 on Interstate 79 was the main — if not the sole — ...
MORGANTOWN -- Area policy makers on Thursday tabled a request from the West Virginia Department of Transportation regarding I-79 Exit 155 citing a need for additional information. The request before the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board would have ...
MORGANTOWN -- Donna Hardy came to Thursday’s Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board meeting to talk about vulnerable road users. She left with an earful about traffic lights at I-79’s Exit 155. Hardy, the assistant director of traffic ...