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A recent allotment of Congressionally Directed Spending dollars has put the efforts to open up former steel property in Weirton one step closer to reality.
Last week, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announced $1.5 million had been awarded through the CDS process to a planned industrial access road through the Frontier Crossing development.
Once complete, the road will provide access from the area of Cove Road and Weir Avenue to Brown’s Island, allowing industrial traffic and the public alike to travel through the property once home to Weirton Steel. Access to the road also will be available near Pennsylvania Avenue.
More importantly, this road project is a key component to attracting new businesses to the area. New infrastructure is necessary for economic development in an area such as the Frontier Crossing. New businesses, in order to operate, will need up-to-date water and sewer services, broadband access and, of course, roads.
This new round of funding, combined with previous allocations, according to officials, almost brings developers to their goal for the money needed to complete the road project.
It has taken a true sense of cooperation and community to make this all happen, with a team spanning local, state and national government officials and agencies, as well as economic development experts, members of the business community and more looking toward the future and what Weirton, and the rest of the Upper Ohio Valley, can be.
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