He regretted that he wasn't around when EPA's Peter Kostmayer was fired. In another political sideshow, Representative Bob Wise called for restrictions on the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. Wise was angry that the Keeper had recognized both Corricks Ford and Old Fields as Register-eligible sites. The West Virginia Division of Highways. If they had done it early and done it right, instead of waiting til they were ready to go to bid, they could have avoided those sites with a lot less fuss.
Politicians tend to get angry about circumstances their allies helped to create.
In this Summer of 98, there are signs that the underfunded, overplanned Corridor might be re-examined. A Hampshire Review reporter, Michael O Brien, dug out the 1993 traffic projections for Corridor H which showed that even if the Corridor were built the traffic on Route 50 would still be greater. That s right. Let s do that. Until this reasonableness takes firmer root, government agencies will continue to bend over backwards for the politically-sensitive project.