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Highway Officials Visit Tucker County
Representatives from the West Virginia Division of Highways recently met with officials in Tucker County to discuss the settlement agreement that was reached on Corridor H.
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| State Highway Engineer Joe Deneault explains the Corridor H Settlement Agreement to the mayor, city council members and other residents of the city of Davis. |
State Highway Engineer Joe Deneault, Deputy State Highway Engineer Randy Epperly and special assistant to the State Highway Engineer Mike Miano traveled to Thomas, Davis and Parsons to inform city officials and the Tucker County Commission about the details of the settlement and what it means for their residents.
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| West Virginia Division of Highways representatives explain in detail how Corridor H will affect Thomas to town officials. |
"In our continuous effort to keep those who are affected byCorridor H informed, the West Virginia Division of Highways wanted to be available to these folks for questions regarding the project," Deneault explained. "Throughout stages of the project, the residents of these areas have waited to hear whether or not a settlement agreement would be reached. Now that it has, we wanted to make it positively clear that Corridor H will be built."
For residents living between Kerens and Parsons, design and construction can begin following the completion of an alignment shift study, which will consider options for avoiding the Corricks Ford Battlefield. The possible alignment could mainly provide access to Parsons via two crossings of US Route 219, WV Route 72 and County Route 17.
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| Deneault, Epperly and Miano explain details of the Corridor H Settlement Agreement to Parsons City Council members and other residents of Parsons. |
For residents living between Parsons and Davis, construction may begin following completion of an alignment shift study. The study will be conducted to evaluate one or more alignment shifts for the Davis-Thomas section of the project as a four-lane, divided highway. The study will also consider shifting the highway to avoid the Blackwater Canyon and will evaluate one or more avoidance alignments located entirely outside the Blackwater area. Those alignments generally would involve shifting Corridor H to the north of Thomas, then connecting to WV Route 93 east of Davis. The Blackwater area includes the Blackwater Canyon from Thomas to Hendricks. This area includes historic resources associated with coal mining and coke production in the late 19th and 20th Centuries.
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| Officials from the West Virginia Division of Highways discuss the Corridor H Settlement Agreement with the Tucker County Commission. |
In order for residents in this area to be part of this process, the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) will establish and consult a Community Advisory Group (CAG) representing a cross-section of the interests potentially affected by the location of Corridor H in the Davis and Thomas areas. The members will be appointed by local government, planning agencies and advocacy groups. CAG meetings will be open to the public. WVDOT will consider the views expressed by the members of the Community Advisory Group, but is not required to adopt recommendations to the current alignment.
For residents living between Davis and Bismark, construction can begin following the completion of on-going historic studies. These studies should be complete in approximately eighteen months.
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