KINGWOOD — We haven’t forgotten the roads, Preston County commissioners said Tuesday.
Commissioners said at their regular weekly meeting they continue to receive complaints about secondary roads from county residents.
“There are some major concerns about some of these roads,” Commission President Samantha Stone said.
Stone said she has mixed feelings about some of the work currently being done on roads and wonders if it is the best solution. She encouraged people to continue to contact the State Division of Highways through its SWAT online system.
“Finally after two years of a continuous SWAT complaints,” brush has been cut on one road, she noted.
Commissioner Dave Price said the DOH is already behind on core maintenance. Stone said with the current DOH staffing and how far work is behind, she doubts sometimes if Preston will ever get caught up.
Commissioners are scheduled to hold a Zoom meeting with DOH officials July 21. County Administrator Kathy Mace asked commissioners to forward her their list of concerns, so she can forward them to the DOH before the meeting.
“Right now I don’t have any specifics to forward on,” Mace said.
Commissioners also:
- were told by Chief Tax Deputy Jennifer Lewis that Preston is one of three counties in the state that can now renew car licenses even if the buyer does not have his or her renewal slip. As long as the owner has the license plate number and title number the renewal can be issued. There will be an additional $1 fee for the service.
- agreed to provide a letter of support to Friends of the Cheat, which is submitting an Abandoned Mine Lands grant application to improve the trail head on W.Va. 72 at the old Patriot Coal plant.
- agreed to provide a letter of support to Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission which is submitting an Abandoned Mine Lands grant application to develop the Kingwood trail head.
- will submit an application for a $19,864.40 Help America Vote Act grant to buy a backup vote scanner, and cameras and security equipment for the rented space where election equipment is kept. The county would pay $13,725.48 as its share, if approved.
- approved a lease between Preston Community Corrections and the owners of the Dailey Building, on Court Street. They refused to say how much the rent payments will be but said community corrections, not the county, will pay the rent. Commissioners referred all questions to community corrections.
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