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Lights coming to Exit 155, Caperton Trail in summer 2025

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 ...

Exit 155 traffic light update has policy board members seeing red

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 ...

MPO to study Don Knotts pedestrian bridge

Is it feasible and where should it go?  The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board on Thursday approved the scope of work for a study to answer those questions regarding a pedestrian bridge over Don Knotts Boulevard.  The city of Morgantown has long ...

MPO Policy Board says it needs more information on Exit 155

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 ...

State making pedestrian-involved accidents a top priority

MORGANTOWN — On average, there are 66 accidents annually causing death or serious injury to vulnerable road users (non-motorists) in West Virginia.  Of that number, more than 70% of both the drivers and people struck are male.  A quarter of those crashes involve impaired ...