WV Senate President Says Marshall County Poised to be State's Richest County

[cry_havoc]

Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70

I think that Wheeling freeway connection should come after the Coalfields Expressway. Both of these should come before the next subway line for some major East Coast or California city. But that will at least have to wait until Obama leaves the White House.

There is no Wheeling freeway connection and never will be. It is in a populated area of the state, is full of natiral resources, and such a move would benefit all of WV. For that reason they will never build it. Only of Wheeling were unimportant in southern WV would it get new infrastructure.

Subway is irrevelant to WV state funding.

[CTMountaineer]

Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70

I think that Wheeling freeway connection should come after the Coalfields Expressway. Both of these should come before the next subway line for some major East Coast or California city. But that will at least have to wait until Obama leaves the White House.

There would be far more benefits to the state to complete I-68. Industrial jobs pay a whole lot more than service sector tourism jobs, and there is growth in the area involved.

[CTMountaineer]

Originally Posted by snorpus

Let's not confuse high incomes with wealth.

That is very true. There are a lot of high income folks in the EP who work in DC, but that has not translated into wealth for the region per se. This gas development will create a lot of wealth in the area.