Justice announces miles of roads to be paved across region
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Jul. 26—princeton — Paving projects in Mercer, McDowell, Monroe, Raleigh and Fayette counties are among the many which will continue across West Virginia this summer under a $150 million supplemental budget appropriation, Gov. Jim Justice and the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
Justice discussed the projects Thursday during his latest administrative briefing.
On May 30, Justice signed Senate Bill 1002, which gives the West Virginia Department of Highways the funding to move forward with another round of paving projects all across the state.
"The WVDOH is excited for the opportunity to provide resurfacing of the roadways selected as part of the program," said Joe Pack, P.E., Chief Engineer of Operations. "Our crews are able and willing to step in and perform the resurfacing in conjunction with the paving industry."
There are more than 140 paving projects scheduled in McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh and Wyoming counties, according to the governor's announcement.
In West Virginia's eastern section, there are 102 paving projects paid for between Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe and Summers counties.
"Our shared goal is to accomplish as much of the work in an expedited manner so that our road users get to experience the improvements as soon as possible," Pack said. "Resurfacing of a roadway is a vital part of the life cycle of our roadways and provides a smooth and structurally sound driving surface."
In all, this year's supplemental budget appropriation will pay for 499 paving projects on more than 973 miles of road that aren't covered by federal highway funds. The special funding is on top of around $190 million in federal highway funds, Justice said.
Multiple paving projects are planned this summer in each of the state's counties. For example, Fayette County has several projects including ones in the Boome-Alloya area and the Hico-Spy Roc area and U.S.60 Bracken Creek, according to the WVDOH list. Roads in Monroe County's Keenan-Gap Mills area were on the list. Summers County projects included Pence Springs-Bannett Town Road and Stokes Drive/Pleasant Avenue.
McDowell County has more than a dozen paving projects including areas such as Mud Fork Road, War near the Virginia state line, Asco Hollow Road and Coopers Hill Access Road. Mercer County also has a multitude of paving projects including Bluestone Avenue, Spanishburg-Athens Road, Red Sulphur Turnpike, Airport Road and Glenwood Park Road.
In Raleigh County, there are many projects such as Industrial Park Road, Old Pemberton Road, Upper Sandlick Road, Hoo Hoo Hollow Road and more on the list.
Paving project also are being scheduled for other parts of the Mountain State.
In the north central portion of West Virginia, 1.73 miles of US 119 through Grafton has been paved; nearly a mile of WV 705, 201st INF/FA Memorial Highway in Monongalia County is being paved; and 2.49 miles of US 50 in Taylor County is being paved. Those projects are among more than 75 projects in the District 4 counties of Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston and Taylor paid for by the surplus funding.
There are 66 paving projects covered with the surplus funding in the western and northern portion of the state including Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, and Wood, and Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, and Wetzel counties. Larkmead Road in Wood County is currently being paved and Jones Ridge in Roane County and Left Fork Rock Run Road in Pleasants County paving projects are being completed.
In the Kanawha Valley, there are 139 paving projects covered by the funding in the counties of Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, and Wayne, including the ongoing paving of WV 10 in Logan County, from Stollings to Melville. Eighteen paving projects are completed in WVDOH District 2 including 3.24 miles of R. A. West Highway in Mingo County; 2.02 miles of WV 37, from Klashville to Cove Gap in Wayne County; and 1.61 miles of WV 34, from Big Creek to Bowles in Lincoln County.
Forty-six resurfacing projects are paid for with funding in the eastern panhandle counties of Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan.
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