MORGANTOWN – Imagine how difficult it must be to perfectly program timed traffic lights to optimize the flow of traffic in a densely populated urban area. Now […]
Tag: West Virginia Division of Highways
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 […]
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 […]
Officials say I-79 acid spill did not threaten local water supply
MORGANTOWN — A representative of the West Virginia Division of Highways said samples taken by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection showed no evidence the acid […]
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 […]
Exit 155 work now $110 million, Chaplin Hill improvements not included
MORGANTOWN — In 2019, the state of West Virginia said it was committing $66 million to reconfigure I-79 Exit 155. Working with the county and developer WestRidge, […]
New South High charter school plan headed to planning commission
MORGANTOWN — A reconfigured plan to open a charter school in the former Monongalia County Schools central office building at 13 South High Street will soon be […]
Bloom: Daley’s departure from DOH District 4 ‘a great loss’
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he was surprised to receive a weekend email from West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Manager Mike Daley, […]
DOH: Brockway project will address truck route’s underlying issues
MORGANTOWN — Sure, Morgantown residents know Brockway Avenue as a consistently miserable driving experience and overall detriment as an entrance to the city’s downtown. But have they […]
DOH working on a ‘permanent fix’ for River Road
MORGANTOWN — According to West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Maintenance Assistant David Vaughn, the DOH is in the process of engineering a project that will […]
