CHARLESTON-Governor Joe Manchin, along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the West Virginia Division of Highways, this week announced the awarding of 26 projects as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act totaling approximately $6.3 million.
These grants will provide West Virginia communities with funding assistance for the design and development of non-traditional projects such as improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists through the construction of sidewalks and trails.
Listed by county, grant recipients for 2009 ARRA funding include:
BERKELEY
$329,000 to the City of Martinsburg for the Martinsburg Town Square Pedestrian Plaza
BROOKE
$200,000 to the City of Wellsburg for the Wellsburg Sidewalks 2009
CABELL
$160,000 to the City of Huntington for the Downtown Huntington Pedestrian Corridor
FAYETTE
$200,000 to the City of Mount Hope for the Mount Hope Sidewalks and Lighting 2009
$154,173 to the Town of Fayetteville for the New River Pedestrian Bridge Gateway Improvements
$250,000 to the City of Oak Hill for the White Oak Rail Trail Paving 2009
GREENBRIER
$138,000 to the Town of Rainelle for the Rainelle “Kanawha Boulevard” Sidewalks
$250,000 to the City of Ronceverte for the Ronceverte Main Street Sidewalks 2009
GREENBRIER/FAYETTE
$264,000 to the Greenbrier County Commission for the Meadow River Rail Trail
HARRISON
$425,721 to the City of Clarksburg for the Clarksburg Historic Downtown Sidewalks 2009
JEFFERSON
$160,000 to the Corporation of Bolivar for the Bolivar School Sidewalks
$500,000 to the City of Ranson for the Ranson Fifth Avenue Streetscape Improvements
KANAWHA
$525,000 to the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority for the Charleston Washington Street West Streetscape
$300,000 to the West Virginia Division of Highways for the Flinn Sidewalks
LINCOLN
$80,000 to Lincoln County Schools for the Lincoln County Pedestrian Walkway Bridge
LOGAN
$160,000 to the Town of Man for the Man Sidewalks 2009
MARION
$400,000 to the City of Pleasant Valley for the Pleasant Valley Sidewalks 2009 (Pleasant Valley Road)
MERCER
$250,000 to the City of Princeton for the Princeton Sidewalks 2009
MINERAL
$240,000 to the Town of Carpendale for the Carpendale Rail Trail 2009
MONONGALIA
$450,000 to the Town of Granville for the Granville Main Street Streetscape
PLEASANTS
$238,000 to the City of St. Marys for the St. Marys Washington Street Sidewalks 2009
RALEIGH
$48,500 to the Town of Mabscott for the Mabscott Sidewalks
RANDOLPH
$220,000 to the Davis and Elkins College for the Davis and Elkins College Campus Improvements
ROANE
$120,000 to the City of Spencer for the Spencer Sidewalks 2009
WEBSTER
$63,172 to the Town of Addison/Webster Springs for the Baker’s Island Trail
WOOD
$200,000 to the City of Parkersburg for the Little Kanawha Connector Trail
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