A Beckley traffic project will receive federal funding to make pedestrians in the university district safer.
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced that WVU Tech Campus Complete Streets Improvement project is set to receive $10.4 million dollars to help cover construction through the RAISE grant program of the West Virginia Department of Transportation.
The president of WVU Tech said on Monday, June 24, 2024, that it was great news for Beckley.
“We talk about this notion of the ‘communiversity’ where the community is the university, and the university is the community, and I think this funding, and this opportunity afforded by the senators, is an example of how we can work collaboratively to bring resources to southern West Virginia,” said Dr. T. Ramon Stuart, WVU Tech president.
The Campus Complete Streets Improvement will create one-way traffic flow along South Kanawha Street in front of the WVU Tech campus.