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CHARLESTON -- An area lawmaker wants information on what plans are in place for the maintenance and repair of secondary roads in Hancock and Brooke counties.
Delegate Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock, in a release issued Thursday, stated he has written to Gov. Jim Justice, requesting a plan for secondary road repairs in the First District.
"The roads within the District, especially the secondary roads, have reached a point of no return and now have become a danger to the traveling public," stated Swartzmiller, who also is a candidate for state Senate. "There are so many potholes and deterioration of the roads that they are causing drivers to leave their drive lanes to avoid hitting the potholes in an effort to not damage their vehicles; this has created a safety hazard throughout the district."
Swartzmiller specified that the secondary roads he was inquiring about are not currently paved but have, or had at one time, a chip-and-seal application.
Swartzmiller claims that since Justice became governor, the chip and seal program for secondary roads has been nonexistent and the results of not keeping up with these roads have reached a critical point that must be addressed.
"With the upcoming paving and road repair season approaching, I would respectfully request that you provide me with a plan that I can share with the public and the other elected officials as well as a schedule for the secondary roads within the First District for this upcoming paving/chip & seal season," Swartzmiller said in his letter. "I believe the people need to know what the plan is; they are just as fed up and frustrated, as I am; and we are all tired of hearing maybe next year."