All lanes, cul-de-sacs, dead end roads, city streets and non-through routes with an ADT of less than 10 per .1 mile be eliminated from WVDOH maintenance. ROW will be maintained on paper only and county WVDOH budgets will not be reduced.

HB 5018 would stop the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) from maintaining certain low-traffic roads, including lanes, cul-de-sacs, dead ends, city streets, and non-through routes with fewer than 10 average daily vehicles per 0.1 mile. The bill specifies these roads would no longer receive physical maintenance (like repairs or snow removal), though legal rights-of-way would remain documented on paper. Crucially, the bill ensures county budgets allocated for road maintenance would not be reduced as a result of this change. This policy directly affects rural and residential roads with minimal traffic, shifting maintenance responsibility away from the state highway system.