Earl Core Road overlay project to wrap up by the end of the year

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The DOH reports an asphalt overlay of Earl Core Road from Hartman Run Road to the Preston County line is underway.

DOH District 4 Public Relations Specialist, Jennifer Dooley said the asphale overlay will done as the surface is milled and the project is expected to be complete in the fall of 2022.

The project is part of the $150 million approved in special session in September. According to a press release from the DOH, “WVDOH maintenance crews did such a good job filling potholes and performing other maintenance on the state’s secondary roads in the spring that those roads were ready to be paved when the summer paving season started. Maintenance work outpaced the funding for paving.”

Other Roads in Monongalia County included in the fall paving initiative are Bloody Run Road, Tyrone Road and 4-H Camp road.