Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Tuesday
the state is going to use the Private Public Partnership option to build a key
stretch of the Coalfields Expressway in southern West Virginia
Tomblin said the state will advertise
for qualified companies in the near future with the possibility of construction
starting next spring on a 3.3 mile section connecting the expressway to
Mullens.
The PPP option is a fairly new state
law that allows the state to join with private companies to help build
highways.
The Coalfields Expressway begins at Beckley
along I-64/I-77 with plans to run to Grundy ,
Virginia
