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Gov. Morrisey Announces Big Changes in West Virginia DOT
- On Monday morning in Bridgeport, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and DOT Secretary Todd Rumbaugh announced major reforms focused on fixing West Virginia's roads and bridges.
- The reforms respond to decades of underinvestment and mounting debt, with 14% of bridges rated structurally deficient and limited bond funds available.
- Morrisey directed the DOT to create a prioritized project list relying on data-based decisions and to reduce bureaucracy to increase maintenance funding.
- He stated they are cutting bureaucratic overhead to allocate additional funds toward infrastructure like bridges and roads, promising to achieve progress despite reduced budgets.
- These steps aim to improve safety, preserve existing infrastructure, restructure debt, increase transparency, and better align spending with available resources.
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Morrisey: 'Culture change' coming for WV DOT after prior mismanagement
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on June 9, 2025 announced an “overhaul” of the state’s Department of Transportation, saying former Gov. (and now U.S. Sen.) Jim Justice was responsible for years of financial mismanagement and outsized investment in new projects instead of maintaining existing infrastructure. Morrisey said that mismanagement has left the agency broke. The new “culture change” at DOT will include refocusing existing resources t…
Partnerships part of the state's plan to address future road projects - Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN – The words “partners” and “partnerships” were repeated time and again Monday as Gov. Patrick Morrisey laid out foundational changes in how the state is going […] The post Partnerships part of the state’s plan to address future road projects appeared first on Dominion Post.
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The Logan BannerMorrisey: ‘Culture change’ coming for WV Department of Transportation after prior mismanagement
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announces an overhaul of the state Department of Transportation at an event in Bridgeport Monday. (Screen grab of Morrisey's Youtube channel)Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday announced an “overhaul” of the state’s Department of Transportation, saying years of financial mismanagement and outsized investment in new projects instead of maintaining existing infrastructure has left the agency broke. The new “culture change” at DOT…
Gov. Morrisey announces reforms to W.Va. Department of Transportation
CHARLESTON – Wanting to push more funds away from bureaucracy and to road and bridge projects, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced several reforms to help the West Virginia Department of Transportation maintain the state’s highways and bridges.
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