Gov. Justice holds groundbreaking ceremony for Wheeling Streetscape project

WHEELING, WV – Gov. Jim Justice joined West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) officials today for a ceremony to celebrate the start of a major project to improve safety and beautify downtown Wheeling’s streets.

Work is scheduled to begin the second week of October on the nearly $32 million Wheeling Streetscape project. The project will widen sidewalks, add decorative brickwork, ADA-compliant curb cuts, decorative lighting and traffic signals, and plants and trees along Main and Market streets in downtown Wheeling between 10th Street and 16th Street.

"This has been needed for way too long," Gov. Justice said. "I could not be more excited to get the ball rolling on this project, which is tremendously important to the City of Wheeling and the entire Northern Panhandle. This is a vibrant, wonderful community that's important to our state. At the end of the day, I promised that we were going to get this done, and now we’re getting it done."

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