Establishing Comprehensive Highway Paving Plan

HB 5040 requires West Virginia's Commissioner of Highways to create and submit an annual plan for routine repaving of all state roads with asphalt surfaces. This bill amends existing law to mandate that the Commissioner present this comprehensive paving plan to the Legislature each year. The plan would establish a systematic approach to maintaining state highways by scheduling regular repaving, rather than responding only to urgent repairs. It directly affects the Commissioner's office and the state's road maintenance process, but does not create new funding or change current road standards. The bill focuses solely on requiring an annual planning mechanism for routine pavement maintenance.