Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today announced that the City of Ranson has been awarded $980,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Ranson-Charles Town Green Corridor Revitalization initiative.

“This generous grant will go toward improving our roads and infrastructure in an effort to revitalize Ranson’s main roadway.  Grants like this one are vital in providing necessary means to initiatives that greatly improve our community, and I know they will be put to good use,” stated Capito.

According to a release from the DOT, funding will go toward creating a plan to improve the community's main roadway into a “complete street” with green infrastructure, design the transformation of a historic public building into a regional Commuter Center, and tie these transportation improvements together with a new form-based Smart Code to foster sustainable community development.