Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

June 18, 2009

AFTERNOON UPDATE — Turnpike toll hike will be decided at Charleston Civic Center


PRINCETON - Area residents hoping to attend the July 1 meeting of the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority will have to travel to the Charleston Civic Center.

Board members are expected to vote on a proposed turnpike toll hike at the July 1 meeting. It begins at 9:30 a.m. While authority members were hoping to hold the meeting at Tamarack, a wedding was already booked for July 1 at the Raleigh County-based arts center, Turnpike Manager Greg Barr said.

For more on this story, and other news, see Friday’s Daily Telegraph.