EVER MORE UNCERTAIN
Today the Dominion Post reports that yesterday, at the Morgantown Traffic Commission meeting, Chairman Frank Gmeindl of the Morgantown Bicycle Board and Chairman Christiaan Abildso of the Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board both “expressed concerns” about the DOH Mileground highway expansion plans which would build a 5-lane road with a continuous center turning lane rather than build a 4 lane divided highway with a median as was recommended by the Greater Morgantown Metropolitan Planning Organization.
“They’re [DOH] turning it into Patteson [Drive], and I think Patteson is one of the most dangerous corridors in Morgantown,” [Chairman] Abildso said. “The Police are there every other day [for accidents]. … It’s just not safe.“
“From a safety factor, it’s clear that having a median is safer,” said Chairman Gmeindl.
These concerns reflect not only the future danger of the Mileground highway but the current danger as well, as Morgantown City Council member Charlie Byrer memorably put it a year and a half ago:
“The only pedestrians on the Mileground are dead ones.“
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