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Program
Planning and Administration
Diversity is the keyword
in describing the DOH Program Planning and Administration Division. Not only are
we responsible for planning for all modes of travel (air, water,
surface), we are also involved in a great variety of other
activities.
We prepare maps for
use by other Divisions and Districts, businesses and the general
public. They range from the widely used tourist map to the
County maps so valued by hunters.
The Highway
Data Services unit maintains roadway data, ranging
from surface type and widths to traffic usage. If you want to
know the physical characteristics of a road or if it is on the State
System, this is the appropriate source. This section also
makes additions and abandonments to the highway system as well as
maintaining the Local Road Names file..
The
Research and Special Studies Section is responsible for administration of all
Federal, State, and State Planning and Research (SPR) funded
research projects. This involves the solicitation, selection
and monitoring of research projects conducted primarily by
state colleges and universities, although some research projects are
conducted by engineering consultants or bridge and highway
contractors. At the conclusion of a project, this section is responsible for dissemination of the
research reports and assisting with implementation of the
research findings.
The Traffic Analysis
unit is responsible for counting current traffic on our
State road system, and for projecting and forecasting future traffic
for proposed projects.
The Grant
Administration unit deals with a variety of "non-traditional"
grant programs.
Our Preliminary Engineering unit performs engineering studies of proposed
highway projects and corridors. The scope usually includes
development of alternative locations and their evaluation in terms
of cost and various social, economic and environmental
effects.
Other steps in the planning process include:
classification of roads according to required levels of service,
determination of adequacies and needs and, finally, development of
plans and programs to deal with these needs.
Our
Statewide and Urban Studies unit coordinates work in partnership with local and
regional authorities for urban transportation planning, and more
recently, countywide transportation studies. These studies are
coordinated, comprehensive and continuing in nature, using
transportation modeling to project future socio-economic
and land use conditions and their effect on traffic flow and
resultant system needs.
Started in 2005, the
Geographic
Information System unit under the Research and Planning
Division has been charged with spatially enabling various dataset
within the DOT. Visit the GIS homepage to find the latest
geospatial news, standards, and spatial transportation data.
The Program Administration Section is responsible for administering
the Department of Highways Transportation Program. It programs
and maintains project specific data for the renovation, improvement
and expansion of the WVDOH roadway system. The STIP
(Statewide Transportation Improvement Program) is the document used
to guide and maintain a financial constraint program. Various other
reports produced by the Program Administration Section will be made
available online.
Robert L. Pennington, P.E.
Director
Program Planning and Administration Division
Phone: 304 558-3113
Fax: 304 558-3783
Email:
Program Planning &
Administration
Learn more about DOH
activities:
Major Corridor Location Studies
Naming Roads & Bridges
Preliminary Engineering
Traffic Analysis
Traffic
Engineering
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