The West Virginia Department of Transportation wants to take back money that it promised for the Exit 155 reconstruction. The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board should tell it no. For years, Exit 155 on Interstate 79 was the main — if not the sole — ...
Five years ago, it was a dream to get large trucks off city roads in Westover and downtown Morgantown. Then it became a promise to a manufacturer that has long since been deferred. And now the long saga of the Harmony Grove interchange has taken yet another turn. The Dominion Post first ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A downpour of rain in the Morgantown area on Thursday night turned Patteson Drive into the Patteson River for the second time in six weeks and caused damage to area roads, businesses, and homes. “It’s just been one of those very persistent patterns where we’ve had plenty of heat and ...