MORGANTOWN – You don’t need to be a traffic engineer to see the problem – a primary artery into and out of downtown Morgantown cuts through the […]
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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 […]
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. […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Green Bag roundabouts tied up in court
MORGANTOWN — For anyone who’s been following the Green Bag Road saga, it likely comes as no surprise that the project to construct a pair of roundabouts […]
Gaskins to MPO Policy Board: I want to be a partner
MORGANTOWN — In what some may interpret as a sign of the apocalypse, a collection of local officials offered a round of applause Thursday as West Virginia […]
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 […]
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 […]












