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Burke Road plan is to keep gravel

MASONTOWN — Residents of Burke Road will have no relief until this fall, said Jennifer J. Dooley, West Virginia Department of Transportation public relations director. Dooley said she spoke with Mike Cronin, District 4 engineer, and he said the road was reclaimed in 2020. “The plan ...

July 18 letters to the editor

McKinley misleads on clean energy claims I read with great astonishment The Dominion Post article (DP-07-11-21) based on an interview with Rep. David McKinley; he can obfuscate and twist the truth about clean energy and infrastructure with the best of the global warming deniers. For ...

DOH accepts bids for road projects

Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Monongalia County is on the list for a couple road improvement projects announced Wednesday by the West Virginia Division of Highways. Paving from Westover to Star City and putting American Disabilities Act-sanctioned ramps on Burroughs Street ...

Gas Line Punctured

A construction crew drilling a hole to pour the foundation for a new traffic signal at the intersection of Mileground Road and Airport Boulevard struck a 4-inch low pressure plastic gas line at about noon  Tuesday. Dominion Energy was able to quickly locate the valve to stop the gas, and ...

Parkways bond issue nets DOH $90M for road, bridge construction

Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Investor response was so good to the most recent bond sale by the West Virginia Parkways Authority that Parkways officials were able to raise an extra $90 million for Gov. Jim Justice’s Roads to Prosperity highway construction and maintenance ...