Mission: Improving transportation to and within federal and tribal lands by providing technical services to the highway transportation community. This report only includes fiscal year (FY) 2013, FY 2014 and FY 2015, for updated 

information please visit: http://www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/fedlands-westvirginia.aspx

If you have any questions please contact: Jacinda Russell, Access Program Manager 571-434-1543, Jacinda.Russell@dot.govProgramming Decision Committee (PDC) members: Jacinda Russell, Access Program Manager, Jacinda.Russell@dot.govRob Pennington, State Representative Robert.Pennington@wv.govVivian Parsons, Local Representative vivian@ccawv.org

West Virginia 

Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) 

Improving access to and within federal and tribal lands

MAP-21 Funding Authorized: FY 2013: $1,077,375 FY 2014: $1,085,469 FY 2015: $1,063,707 Federal land acreage for the five core FLMAs: 8.39% Federal public road miles: 795.4 Number of Federal public bridges: 48 Recreational visitation: 9,254,392 visitors per year 

Success story: Piney Creek Trail, NPS- New River Gorge National River (NERI).This project will construct a segment of the Piney Creek Trail, which will be a natural surface hiking and biking trail that connects the City of Beckley to the trail system in the New River Gorge National River (NERI), a unit of the National Park Service. This project’s segment, the New River Connection, will be a 5.5 miles long beginning at the New River Gorge National River end to the county airport. The work consists of designing the alignment and constructing trail segment. The trail width will be approximately 2 to 3 feet. Footbridges will be constructed as necessary and for any footbridges higher than 3 feet from the ground will have handrails at a height appropriate for cyclists. The Piney Creek Trail is a vital connection of the proposed NERI Regional Trail system that is being developed to connect parks with their gateway communities. Development of trails in and around urban areas have been shown to boost the economy through a rise in property values, improved quality of life, increased visitation and attractiveness to residents and businesses. 

Piney Creek Trail, W
FLAP—West Virginia 

FLAP Project Selection Process

Each FLAP project was selected from a pool of applications submitted by the facility owner in response to a state-wide call for projects. The applications were screened, rated, and ranked using PDC approved rating criteria. The PDC unanimously agreed which projects met the established State program goals and conformed with the project ranking criteria contained in the “Call for Projects SOP”. Based upon these evaluations, the proposed projects were recommended for programming within the available funding for each state. Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) were coordinated and executed for each programmed project prior to obligation of FLAP funds. There was one call for projects, from August 19, 2013 until November 4, 2013, that generated 5 applications totaling $7,901,397 funds requested. 

Project Name Improvement Type FLMA Accessed Federal Land's Unit Delivery Year Delivery 

Canaan Valley NWR Road Improvements 

4R MaintenanceRestoration & Rehabilitation 

FWS FWS- Canaan Valley 

NWR 

TBD WVDOT 

Fayette Station Road Improvements Phase I&II 

4R MaintenanceRestoration & Rehabilitation 

NPS NPS- New River 

Gorge National River (NERI) 

TBD WVDOT 

Harpers Ferry Potomac Street Improvement Project 

4R MaintenanceRestoration & Rehabilitation 

NPS NPS- Harpers Ferry 

National Historic Park 

TBD Corporatio

Harpers Fe

Lake Sherwood Rd Phase II Resurfacing 

4R MaintenanceResurfacing FS FS-Monongahela National Forest TBD WVDOT 

Piney Creek Trail Facilities for Pedestrians 

& Bicycles 

NPS NPS- New River 

Gorge National River (NERI) 

TBD Raleigh Co 

TransportaAuthority 

FLAP Program of Projects*

0.0M

2.1M

1.1M

2.2M

2013 2014 

Obligations A

*This information is an overview of the FLAP projects information. It is subject to change at any time. For additional details or clarifications, 

Lands Highway Division offices or visit the State FLAP webpage.