W.Va. Commission to Study Highways, Including New Options for Funding

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has formed a blue-ribbon commission to study the state’s highway needs and come up with recommendations that include funding methods.

The commission will hold its first meeting after Labor Day and is to report its findings and recommendations by Feb. 1.

West Virginia is one of only four states that maintain both state and county roads. The others are Delaware, North Carolina and Virginia.

West Virginia “must modernize its extensive network of roads, highways and bridges to accommodate the mobility demands, employment and commerce of a modern society,” Tomblin said an Aug. 14 Executive Order creating the panel.

The state’s truckers are “absolutely thrilled” about the commission, said Janet Vineyard, president of the West Virginia Trucking Association.