“We felt to utilize those fields, we needed a road down through there,” Rosenau said.
By: Lydia Crawley
The Parsons Advocate
During the August 28th regular meeting of the Tucker County Commission, a newly constructed access road designed to allow access to the lower fields next to the Cheat River at Camp Kidd was named by the Tucker County Commission. In a motion made by Commissioner Tim Knotts and approved by the entirety of the Commission, was a formality following research by other county entities. “We’re going to name a road,” Rosenau said.
Tucker County Commission President Mike Rosenau said that when Camp Kidd was first turned over to the County, access to the lower fields was difficult due to the swampy nature of the terrain by the river. “When Camp Kidd was first turned over to us, there was no way to access our lower fields unless we went through the middle of the golf course,” Rosenau said. “And even at the end of the golf course, there was a big swamp there, so you couldn’t get through to the fields.”
Rosenau said the only viable access to the fields was through a neighboring property. “To do that you would need to ask permission from the land owner to open the gates to get to the lower fields.”
According to Roseanau, this led to the decision to construct an access road. “Well, we felt to utilize those fields, we needed a road down through there,” Rosenau said. “So, we the Commission, contacted a Contractor to build us a road, which is really nice.”
According to Rosenau the road is complete and available for use, which has opened the lower fields up for a variety of future events and uses, should the opportunities arise. “Anybody wants to go down to the lower fields now and see them, you can,” Rosenau said. “We need to utilize them now, we have the opportunity to. Say, we want a rodeo or whatever. So we have a way to get down ourselves.”
Tucker County Administrator Shelia DeVilder suggested the name Cheat River Way for the access road, Rosenau said. “Which I think is an appropriate name,” Rosenau said. “Its a way to get to Cheat River from our County Farm.”
The approval of the name went through a few steps before it came before the Commission for final approval, according to Rosenau. Roseanu said that DeVilder researched the name, as well as the 911 Center confirming that no other roads in the County contained the same designation, prior to preliminary approval and Commission consideration, as well as adjoining landowner considerations to be taken into account. “Shelia did the research, the 911 Center said there is no other Cheat River Way, we’re the only landowners that borders that, so Commissioners, what do you think of Cheat River Way?” Rosenau said.
The Commission concurred with the name and in a motion made by Tim Knotts and approved by the Commission unanimously, the motion carried. The new access road to the lower fields at Camp Kidd on what was the former County Farm along the Cheat River will be called Cheat River Way officially.
