Friday, August 20, 2010
Officials Nearing Toll Road Agreement
WEST VIRGINIA....
Officials with the state Division of Highways and the West Virginia Parkways Authority are nearing an agreement for toll collection along parts of U.S. Route 35 and the Mon/Fayette Expressway. The tolls would help pay off the cost of completing the projects. If approved, the highways would become the only roads in the state outside the West Virginia Turnpike where tolls are collected. State Secretary of Transportation Paul Mattox acknowledged that reaction from residents in Mason and Putnam counties have been “mixed” about the idea of turning part of U.S. 35 into a toll road, but the money to complete the roughly 14-mile gap in the four-lane road simply isn’t there since Congress recently rescinded $22.5 million in highway money that had been budgeted for the state.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:51 PM 
