Manchin Announces $18.8 Million for Eight West Virginia Highway Projects
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $18,880,000 for eight West Virginia highway projects. The awards are made possible by Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests secured by Senator Manchin and are funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Individual awards listed below:
- $5,000,000 – Corridor H: To complete Corridor H.
- $5,000,000 – King Coal Highway: Funds the King Coal Highway Gilbert Creek Connector to connect the community of Gilbert, which has battled transportation connectivity and reliability issues for decades.
- $2,000,000 – I-79 Exit 155: Repairs and rehabilitates I-79 Exit 155, which serves as the primary vehicular connection from Interstate-79 and Morgantown, Star City, Granville and West Virginia University.
- $1,750,000 – Huntington Welcome Center I-64 Exit 8: Constructs the new Appalachian Heartland Welcome Center at the interchange of Interstate-64 and WV State Route-152 at Exit 8 in Huntington.
- $1,500,000 – Coalfields Expressway: Funds the construction of pavement for approximately 1/4 mile of the Coalfields Expressway.
- $1,500,000 – Weirton WV-2, Weirton Frontier Crossing: Constructs a new roadway from West Virginia State Route 2 to access Weirton’s Frontier Crossing project, a newly developed brownfield area at the former Weirton Steel site.
- $1,400,000 – Charles Town Augustine Trail & Connectivity Project: Completes construction on the 1.9-mile Augustine Trail pedestrian and bicycle trail facility on Old Route 340 (also known as Augustine Avenue) and upgrades approximately 8,000 linear feet of sidewalks in the downtown area for better connectivity and access in Charles Town.
- $730,000 – Second Interchange at I-70 Phase I: Funds the design and feasibility study for Phase I of a new, second interchange at Interstate-70 in Ohio County.
This funding is now available to the West Virginia Department of
Transportation, which will then determine when the project is ready to move
forward and seek project authorization from the Federal Highways Administration
(FHWA).
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