West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice released an update Tuesday on the amount of secondary road maintenance work occurring in the state.
Last month, Justice instructed the state’s Department of Transportation to make road maintenance a top priority.
Since the mid-March, the Division of Highways has poured more than 16,000 tons of asphalt for patching and related maintenance work, prepared more than 148,000 feet of pipe culverts and ditchline obstacles, applied 863 gallons of anti-icing agents and completed more than 2,000 road miles of ditching and blading.
In addition, more than 152,000 employee-hours have been dedicated to other types of maintenance.
“I am confident that we have more maintenance work going on right now, today, than any other time in our history,” Acting Commissioner of Highways Jimmy Wriston said. “I can tell you we’ve never had an April like this, ever.”
Last month county supervisors and district managers submitted lists of suggested road maintenance projects to the Department of Transportation. Agency officials reviewed the lists and have prioritized projects.
The projects are listed on the department’s website by county and by district.
All work is part of the Secondary Roads Maintenance Initiative. Work statistics are listed on the department’s website and are updated weekly.