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W.Va. Turnpike Prepares for Holiday Travel Surge

The West Virginia Turnpike is preparing for its busiest travel period.
 
The turnpike’s governing agency, the West Virginia Parkways Authority, plans to fully staff all three toll plazas along the 88-mile highway during the Thanksgiving travel period’s peak hours. There also will be temporary toll booths with additional collectors.

But Parkways general manager Greg Barr tells the Charleston Daily Mail that the extra help might not be enough.
 
Barr says a toll plaza might be able to handle about 2,000 transactions an hour. During peak hours, traffic is typically heavier.
 
The turnpike typically has two peak periods. One is between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday. The other is between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday.
 
Barr advises motorists to avoid traveling during the peak periods.

Snowy Thanksgiving Travel Predicted

The National Weather Service says parts of West Virginia could get up to 7 inches of snow for the start of the busy Thanksgiving travel period.

The weather service has issued a storm warning effective Wednesday in Greenbrier County. A storm watch is in place for 11 other counties, mostly in the northeastern part of the state.  The counties in the watch area are Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker counties.

 
 Forecasters say a nor’easter is expected to develop along the East Coast. Travel could become hazardous Wednesday on portions of Interstates 68, 64 and 81.
 
The storm comes on the heels of high winds that knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses Monday. About 4,800 customers of American Electric Power and First Energy remain without power Tuesday, including more than 1,000 each in Monongalia and Upshur counties.

W.Va. native is tops in America's Test Kitchen

As you prepare for your family’s big Thanksgiving Day meal, don’t be nervous.  The cooks at America’s Test Kitchen have got you covered and one of them is a West Virginia native.  Bridget Lancaster was born and raised in Cross Lanes,  just outside of Charleston.  She’s been testing recipes in the company’s kitchen in Boston since 1998.  Now she is one of the stars of America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country Television Show seen on PBS.  Wednesday night at 9:00 on West Virginia Public Radio, Bridget and her kitchen colleagues will be serving up Thanksgiving Day tips. 

Bridget invites home cooks to check out these websites for great Thanksgiving recipes.

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/

http://www.americastestkitchen.com/

America’s Test Kitchen Radio will provide you with a history of the holiday and turkey day tips on West Virginia Public Radio, Wednesday night at 9:00.

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