2 West Virginia Turnpike journey plazas to have meals, restrooms and parking throughout rebuild

Truckers will nonetheless be capable to cease, take a break, and decide up gadgets for the street when the Beckley and Bluestone journey plazas on the West Virginia Turnpike shut down subsequent month for full renovations.

The Beckley and Bluestone journey plazas can be closed starting Wednesday, Feb. 1, to start demolition and web site redevelopment. Each journey plazas can be rebuilt from the bottom up, in line with an announcement from the West Virginia Division of Transportation.

However Jeff Miller, government director of the West Virginia Parkways Authority, mentioned that doesn’t imply drivers gained’t be capable to cease.

“We’ll nonetheless be capable to present motorists a protected space to get off the roadway, park and relaxation, take a break,” Miller mentioned. “We may have these areas nonetheless open.

“We’re lucky on the Beckley journey plaza off Exit 45 that we do have Tamarack Market positioned proper there,” he mentioned. “They’ve a full-service restaurant, restrooms, retail, and grab-n-go space.”

Miller mentioned that starting Saturday, April 1, the hours of the Tamarack Market, positioned subsequent door to the Beckley journey plaza, will develop. The ability can be open seven days every week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., a change from six days every week from 10 a.m. to six p.m. 

Restroom renovations on the Tamarack Market can be accomplished in a couple of weeks. The Tamarack Market may even open ‘Nation Roads Market.’ The addition is aimed toward supplementing the wants of interstate vacationers with comfort retailer choices equivalent to meals, drinks, and automobile gadgets.

Miller mentioned drivers of tractor-trailers is not going to should search for various areas from Beckley and Bluestone for assembly, switching tools, and fueling. 

“The fueling operations, which do comprise restrooms and promote snacks and drinks, will stay virtually by means of the whole lot of the mission,” Miller mentioned. “We can hold all the parking open which is extremely utilized for tractor-trailer parking.”

Miller mentioned the one time parking can be impacted can be throughout paving operations.

The newly redeveloped journey plazas will supply expanded meals ideas, a 24/7 Mountain State Market comfort retailer, outside eating choices, expanded parking for tractor-trailers and passenger autos, EV charging stations, separated car and tractor-trailer fueling choices, picnic space, and pet reduction areas. 

The Beckley journey plaza will supply a drive-through, elevated restroom amenities, and bus parking, in addition to enhancing and highlighting the Parkways Authority Vacationer Info Facilities.

Building of the brand new journey plazas is anticipated to be accomplished by late 2024.

The Morton Journey Plaza close to Burnwell will stay open till renovations to that facility start in 2025.