BECKLEY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – If you have traveled on the West Virginia Turnpike recently, you may notice there’s not as many places to stop.
On Tuesday, May 28, Gov. Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 1002 outside the Tamarack Marketplace, and other state officials gave an update on the rest area construction.
The bill allocates $150 million toward statewide highway projects.
Jeff Miller, director of West Virginia Parkways, said the improvements to the rest areas will bring back the travel experience people had in the 1950s and 60s.
“We took a hard look at what people want,” Miller said, adding they wanted to make a beautiful design and make the travel stops more modern.
Miller said 80 percent of the 36.5 million transactions on the turnpike come from out-of-state travelers, and Justice praised Miller for his work on the improvements.
“They’re all stopping now at the travel plazas and they’re all getting a real look at West Virginia,” he said.
After the update on the rest area construction, Jimmy Wriston, the Secretary of West Virginia Transportation said, “None of the general revenue funds will be going to that project. The project that we’ll be working on will be paving the secondary roads.”
Justice signed the bill and said the funds will go exactly where West Virginians need it the most, “150 million dollars to continue this momentum, continue this wave we’re sitting on the top of and riding, and boy is it fun,” he said.
State officials are hopeful the rest area construction on the turnpike will be completed by the end of the year.
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Accoring to Mike Casazza of 247 Sports, West Virginia University head coach Rich Rodriguez will retain assistant coach Chad Scott as part of his staff.
Scott spent the last six seasons under former head coach Neal Brown as the running backs coach and served as the offensive coordinator the last two seasons. He was also named the interim head coach for the Frisco Bowl.
The Mountaineer rushing attack ranked ninth among Power Four schools in rushing yards per game at 192.7 this past season and WVU was one of two FBS teams that has three players who have rushed for 630 yards or more.
Scott will be entering his19th season as an assistant coach. He began his career at Troy before taking jobs at Texas Tech (2010-12), Kentucky (2013-15), North Carolina (2016-18), Louisville (2019), and landed in West Virginia with Neal Brown in 2019.
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Governor Jim Justice recently announced the winners of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ third annual Monster Trout Contest.
“Congratulations to these lucky anglers for reeling in some truly incredible catches,” Justice said. “As a lifelong angler I also want to thank everyone for sharing their monster trout photos during our fall trout stockings and showing the world that West Virginia is a premier fishing destination.”
The five lucky anglers each caught a tagged monster trout, which were stocked during the weeks of Oct. 21 and Oct. 28. Those stockings included 35,000 pounds of trophy-size trout and 6,500 pounds of monster trout, 100 of which received a pink tag. Anglers who caught a tagged monster trout had until November 22 to submit a photo of their catch with the tag number to win a prize.
Click here to view winning photos.
In addition to these five winners, 38 verified anglers who caught tagged monster trout and uploaded a photo will also receive a WVDNR water bottle and tackle box.
Governor Justice also reminded anglers that the WVDNR stocked trout on the Elk River in Webster County in November as part of a pilot program to evaluate the economic impact of trout stocking in the area. The stocking occurred at the usual stocking locations and included 750 rainbow trout. A second stocking will take place later in December and include another 750 rainbow trout.
All anglers 15 years and older are required to have a West Virginia fishing license, trout stamp and a valid form of identification while fishing for trout. Anglers who want to get a head start on planning their 2025 fishing adventures are encouraged to renew their license early online at WVfish.com.
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