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LK Parkway representatives are off to Washington Wednesday night to meet with
Senators Robert C. Byrd and John D. Rockefeller IV. They will be advocating for the
building of the 4-lane highway through west central West Virginia. At least six
members of the LK Parkway Authority have scheduled Thursday meetings with the U.
S. Senators and some members of Congress.
Danny Law, one of three Parkway Authority members from Calhoun, says the
multi-county group will ask the representatives to place the highway at the top of a
funding list. Many West Virginia road projects have bumped the LK Parkway to the
back burner, said Law. "We have been trying to get it on the board since the
1970's."
Reta Kight and Greg Smith will be representing Gilmer in addition to Steve VanCleff
from Wirt County, Jack Stewart from Wood County and Paul Simons from Braxton
County.
The road would connect I-79 at Burnsville with I-77 at Mineral Wells, cutting through
Braxton, Gilmer, Calhoun, Wirt and Wood Counties, opening up a region of the state
that is lacking in job opportunities and is severely depressed.
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