CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice approved the bid award for a major project to improve traffic flow and relieve congestion near West Virginia University in Morgantown. Much of the funding for the project comes from bond sales through the state’s Roads to Prosperity program. This project ...
It’s officially spring! You can tell because West Virginia’s state flower is blooming all along West Virginia’s roadways. Not the rhododendron — the orange construction cone. We love it as much as we hate it. Traffic snarls. Unexpected detours. Getting ticketed in a “work zone” ...
MORGANTOWN — According to the West Virginia Division of Highways, the Truist Bank building (formerly BB&T), at the corner of W.Va. 705 and Van Voorhis Road is not encroaching on state right-of-way. That was news to members of the Monongalia County Commission. “That’s a little ...
MORGANTOWN -- The BB&T bank located at the corner of W.Va. 705 (Chestnut Ridge Road) and Van Voorhis Road is partially built on a 2,214 square-foot strip of property along Van Voorhis owned by the West Virginia Department of Transportation. So why is the DOT gearing up to claim ...
MORGANTOWN -- Concerns expressed by property owners along Van Voorhis Road have prompted a private meeting with representatives of the West Virginia Department of Highways. The topic will be an upcoming project that will, among other things, widen Van Voorhis Road between Killarney Drive ...
MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown City Council approved a pair of resolutions Tuesday tied to a West Virginia Department of Highways project to improve the Beechurst Avenue corridor. Assistant City Manager Emily Muzzarelli said the work will run from Walnut Street to Campus Drive, which will be ...