Photo by Joselyn King U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.,presents a $2 million symbolic check to the city of Wheeling for the reconstruction of Northern Parkway.

WHEELING – Money for waterline improvement projects in Moundsville and Wetzel County is included in a 2027 appropriations bill being considered by the U.S. House, Rep. Riley Moore has announced.

Moore, R-West Virginia, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, spoke of the success he had in securing about $10 million in waterline projects for nine municipalities in West Virginia’s Congressional District 2 during a stop in Wheeling this week.

Among these is $1,400,000 for water systems improvements in Moundsville, and $1,040,000 to interconnect in Hundred-Littleton PSD in Wetzel County to the Grandview-Doolin PSD, enabling Grandview to provide water service.

The money is included in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee on June 3.

Moore said the bill likely will be passed by the full House next week. After this, it will need to be passed in the Senate and signed into law by President Trump to become law.

“We are going to have a lot of announcements for 2027,” he said. “A lot of them are water projects, and a couple of them are in the Northern Panhandle – Moundsville and in Wetzel County.

“There’s about $10 million for water projects, and a lot of them are coming up here.”

Customers with the Hundred-Littleton PSD have been suffering with deteriorating water infrastructure, and frequent service outages for a number of years. While testing has not determined contaminants, concerns about the drinking water – especially during dry weather – have been prevalent.

Likewise, Moundsville water customers have also been subject to water advisories and drinking water concerns due to aging infrastructure in the city.

In addition to waterline projects, other federal funding is coming to the Northern Panhandle for projects not water related.

While in the Northern Panhandle this week, Riley presented checks from 2026 allocations for $2 million for the Northern Parkway reconstruction project in Wheeling; and $1 million for engineering for the Market Street Bridge replacement project in Weirton.

There is also $6 million in the works for Oglebay Park to support a new Grow Center and Festival Grounds at Oglebay Park.

The money would come just as Oglebay is planning the construction of a 20,000-square-foot lion habitat at the Good Zoo.

“It’s a great program they are putting together,” Moore said. “It’s an agricultural program for kids to learn how to do that (grow vegetables) at Oglebay. I think it will attract additional people to Oglebay where they can take their kids and learn agriculture at one of the greatest parks in this country.

“I love Oglebay. And I think it will be a great addition to the lions,” he added.