{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.justice.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-justice-celebrates-eight-years-of-roads-to-prosperity", "Senator Justice Celebrates Eight Years of Roads to Prosperity", "2025-10-07", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "James C. Justice", "J000312", "www.justice.senate.gov", "justice", "https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Justice made a statement celebrating eight years since the beginning of his Roads to Prosperity initiative \u2013 an effort that has proven to be a massive success in the state:\n\n\u201cEight years ago, we made a promise to West Virginians to do something that had never been done before in our state. Roads to Prosperity wasn\u2019t just an idea \u2013 it was a belief put into action that our state could dream bigger and build better. The folks of West Virginia are seeing the results of our commitment in every corner of our state. Eight years later, we can say this program was a huge success and has changed West Virginia for the better,\u201d said Senator Jim Justice.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nRoads to Prosperity has celebrated 1,300 projects underway or done since its inception in 2017.\n\nRoads to Prosperity was overwhelmingly supported by West Virginians, and the dividends of the initiative are still being seen to this day.\n\nIn 2017, Voters overwhelmingly answered the call, with 73% supporting the Governor\u2019s bold plan, which gave rise to the $2.8 billion Roads to Prosperity program.\n\nA release from a year ago today highlights investments in:\n\nThe Donald M. Legg Bridge.\n\nI-64 widening.\n\nInterstate 70 Bridges.\n\nCorridor H modernization.\n\nWest Virginia Turnpike widening.\n\nRenovation of the King Coal Highway.\n\nCoalfields Expressway extension.\n\nRoads to Prosperity also funded smaller bridge, paving, and slide repair projects in every county\u2014many of which might have remained untouched for years without this initiative.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.justice.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-justice-celebrates-eight-years-of-roads-to-prosperity"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9273728355765343, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}