An eight-mile widening of the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley will be the first project to receive funding from the $1.6 billion bond program approved in a November 2016 referendum.
The project, estimated to cost $100 million, adds a third lane in each direction between U.S. 19 and the I-64/I-77 junction. State transportation officials say that while most of the design work is complete, the project’s high construction cost had stalled progress for several years.