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òòò½ÊÓÆµ 2 at Nucor

What had been a regular two-lane road at the Nucor construction site, seen here in 2023, now has a turn lane and wide berms to accommodate the amount of traffic moving in and out of the construction site. While the part of West Virginia 2 at the plant site has been widened, no plans have been announced for permanent improvements to any other part of the road between Huntington and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Nucor Corp. is investing $3.65 billion and the state of West Virginia another $350 million in the new steel mill under construction along W.Va. 2 in Mason County about 28 miles north of downtown Huntington. If all goes as planned, construction will be completed before the end of 2026 and hundreds of workers will be on site making sheet steel for automobiles, appliances and other products.

A $4 billion investment and hundreds of jobs need more than a narrow, undermaintained two-lane road leading to it. Unless there are secret meetings where state officials are planning a big announcement, thatòòò½ÊÓÆµ™s what people in Mason and Cabell counties should expect.

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