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CHARLESTON,
WV – Today, Gov. Jim Justice and West Virginia Department of
Transportation (WVDOT) Secretary Byrd White awarded 38 Transportation
Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program grants, worth $7,414,975 in
total, for projects in 27 West Virginia counties.
The West Virginia Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails
Program is administered by the WVDOT and funded by the Federal Highway
Administration. These grants help towns and cities build and improve
sidewalks, lighting, and rail trails.
“This is more than $7 million that is going to go toward making it easier
for people all over West Virginia to get around and will also go toward
making our beautiful park trails even better,” Gov. Justice said. “Even
though we’ve been apart for awhile, we’re doing everything in our power
to make our state’s transportation infrastructure better and better. And
that’s exactly what this funding is going to do.”
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“This funding is going to allow so many great projects to happen all over
the state,” Sec. White said. “We’ll see a bunch of projects to make our
sidewalks ADA-compliant so people of all abilities will be able to use
our sidewalks, we are adding to our trail systems, it’s really just good
for us all the way around and I really want to thank Governor Justice for
his leadership and his commitment to transportation in West Virginia
that’s making all of this possible.
“Today, West Virginia has a total of over $3 billion-worth of
transportation contracts in progress,” Sec. White continued. “Without
Governor Justice, we wouldn’t have anywhere near that and I just thank
him over and over again for all he’s done.” |