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What Canaan needs is a good highway that goes to the edge of it. The route there is atrocious for the most beautiful park in WV. Guess it is not south enough for Charleston to notice.
This is great news... I never understood why the lodge was built that way... Canaan needs to do clusters of "town style" resorts. Similar to Snowshoe but at smaller levels and clusters... Like the ski area should be that way, the lodge area, etc.
The state should seriously be pumping money into Canaan. With Corridor H being pushed to be finished in 15 years, WV could totally capitalize on the DC, Baltimore, and Philly markets.
and for the other post..................... Corridor H is going through between Davis and Thomas, connecting with I-66 / I-81 at Strasburg, VA once completed. Tentatively...
This is great news... I never understood why the lodge was built that way... Canaan needs to do clusters of "town style" resorts. Similar to Snowshoe but at smaller levels and clusters... Like the ski area should be that way, the lodge area, etc.
The state should seriously be pumping money into Canaan. With Corridor H being pushed to be finished in 15 years, WV could totally capitalize on the DC, Baltimore, and Philly markets.
and for the other post..................... Corridor H is going through between Davis and Thomas, connecting with I-66 / I-81 at Strasburg, VA once completed. Tentatively...
Once completed...
Nobody seems interesting in building it. WV isnt the only guilty party. Our eastern neighbor isnt too enthusiastic about it.
It is more of a federal problem then a state one. The funding for it was cut off about 3 years ago by the Obama Administration.
Not entirely true... He reduced funding for it. He didn't cut it off, and it wasn't just Corridor H funding he reduced, he reduced a lot of other projects funding as well.
But there is more then enough funds left over from ARC funding to complete the road it just belongs to other states.. so the current idea is to borrow that money from the other states. The sooner the road is finished, the cheaper it will be, and the faster the benefits of a divided highway connecting I-79 at Weston to I-81, and I-66 into DC will be felt for north central and eastern WV.
Virginia would only have to build like 3 miles of highway... Once WV finishes their part and traffic picks up on the finished section, and the Virginia portion becomes a parking lot because two lanes cannot handle the capacity of four lanes, then they will be forced by the federal govt. to upgrade... of course the federal govt. will have to pay for most of it...
Not entirely true... He reduced funding for it. He didn't cut it off, and it wasn't just Corridor H funding he reduced, he reduced a lot of other projects funding as well.
But there is more then enough funds left over from ARC funding to complete the road it just belongs to other states.. so the current idea is to borrow that money from the other states. The sooner the road is finished, the cheaper it will be, and the faster the benefits of a divided highway connecting I-79 at Weston to I-81, and I-66 into DC will be felt for north central and eastern WV.
Virginia would only have to build like 3 miles of highway... Once WV finishes their part and traffic picks up on the finished section, and the Virginia portion becomes a parking lot because two lanes cannot handle the capacity of four lanes, then they will be forced by the federal govt. to upgrade... of course the federal govt. will have to pay for most of it...
It is a shame how Charleston wont fund any infrastructure projects 60 miles north of it.
Canaan is a national treasure, and could really bring in a lot of tourist from Virginia. They need to be smart about the growth though if this road were to open up. I dont want to see Canaan being destroyed in the name of development.
I was just there coming from the DC area..Very nice place .
It was a pain driving there and you cant rely on your GPS since it is remote and had to take many backroads. On the way back my GPS took me thru Maryland instead of 66!?
That kind of frustration will not increase travel there unless there is better highway access.
I was just there coming from the DC area..Very nice place .
It was a pain driving there and you cant rely on your GPS since it is remote and had to take many backroads. On the way back my GPS took me thru Maryland instead of 66!?
That kind of frustration will not increase travel there unless there is better highway access.
People just depend too much on GPS these days! The route is relatively easy actually! Easier than to Snowshoe! Right now you can take 55 to Forman and then south on Patterson creek rd to 42 to Route 28/55 West, then turn right on 33 at Seneca rock and then north on 32! You can easily do this in a bit over 3 hours. Once corridor H is completed, it will be less than 3 hours! Hopefully, by then we will still have snow in winter...
It's always a good idea to check out a prospective route on a real map (or something like Google maps), so you have an idea when your GPS is pulling your leg. Also, check your GPS preferences; you might have accidentally chosen "Avoid major highways" or something similar.
Not everyone feels that having a 4-lane expressway with one end in NoVA and the other in the West Virginia mountains is entirely a good thing.
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