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Area residents interested in learning more about a new highway coming through Mercer County and other southern West Virginia counties are being encouraged to attend a Feb. 20 public meeting.
The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill, Senate Bill 196, that would expand state authority to acquire railroad rights-of-way and land for trail programs. SB 196 would allow the state to acquire interest in any active or inactive railroad right-of-way, and landowner opponents of planned nonmotorized Elk River Trail development in Clay County fear the bill is designed to circumvent their claims of right-of-way ownership.
The West Virginia Senate passed legislation, Senate Bill 354, which would create an economic development board with representatives from McDowell, Mercer, Mingo and Wayne counties. SB 354 would create a 13-member board that includes representatives of economic development agencies in those counties, with an aim of economic growth along the Interstate 73/74 corridor.
The West Virginia Senate passed legislation, Senate Bill 354, which would create an economic development board with representatives from McDowell, Mercer, Mingo and Wayne counties. SB 354 would create a 13-member board that includes representatives of economic development agencies in those counties, with an aim of economic growth along the Interstate 73/74 corridor.
The West Virginia Senate unanimously approved an economic commission to identify funding and development opportunities tied to an interstate highway corridor that would span southern West Virginia.