DPNews@DominionPost.com Morgantown Utility Board announces upcoming paving work on Fayette, Spruce and Walnut streets as part of recently completed waterline improvement projects. MUB contractor Parrotta Paving will mill and pave Fayette Street and a section of Spruce Street at the ...
Part of my daily commute includes about a half-mile portion of W.Va. 7 that is in terrible shape. The pavement is so twisted and misshapen that even crawling along around the infamous Hogback Turn feels as though I’m riding in a boat over ocean waves. “Why haven’t they fixed this ...
Why the state may benefit from letting municipalities share custody of roads West Virginia’s other state flower is already in bloom: the orange cone. Pothole filling started early this year because of February’s mild temperatures, and around the time the first orange ...
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” ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Hundreds of transportation workers were hired in 2021 because of aggressive recruiting by the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Since Jan. 1, the WVDOT has hired 638 new employees. To accomplish this, the WVDOT participated in 35 job ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com KINGWOOD — A meeting has been set for 1 p.m. Aug. 10 at town hall to further discuss the Bridge Street Bridge in Terra Alta. The bridge, which served vehicles and pedestrians traveling between W.Va. 7 and Highland Avenue has been closed since ...