IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WOOD COUNTY, WEST
VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENTOF
TRANSPORTATION,
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS,

Petitioner,

CASE NO.: 25-C-214 PROJECT S354-68-17.07 00, NHPP-
0068(191)DTC
PARCEL NO. 2-1 and 2-2

GRANTS OF NAPLES, INC., owner;
CITY OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA,
Easement holder;
FRED L. MORAN, easement holder;
LOTIE L. MORAN, easement holder;
and WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF/TREASURER;

Respondent.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

To the Above-Named Respondents and other lawful claimants:
The object of the above proceeding is to condemn certain property of the Respondents, or in which the Respondents have an interest, for public purposes for a roadway, designated as Project No. S354-68-17.07 00, NHPP-0068(191)DTC, the property proposed to be condemned being a part of Parcel No. 2-1 and 2-2 of the Project, as designated in the set of plans or maps for the project available for review in the DOH offices of District 3 located in Parkersburg, WestVirginia.
The property to be condemned for the purpose aforesaid is more particularly described as follows:
Situate in the Parkersburg
Corp. District, Wood County, West Virginia, and is describedas follows:

PARCEL 2-1 TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT

BEGINNING at a point in the division line between James M. McCutcheon and Rebecca Mae McCutcheon and Grants of Naples, Inc., said point being in the southern existing controlled access right of way line of West Virginia Route 68, Northbound (Ramp A) and 34 feet radiallyright of relocated West Virginia Route 68, Northbound (Ramp A) centerline at Station 102+98,Project S354-68-17.07 00, NHPP-0068(191)DTC, Wood County, West Virginia;
thence, easterly, meandering with said existing controlled access right of way line 44 feet,more or less, to a point 33 feet radially right of centerline at Station 103+44;
thence, southeasterly, continuing with said existing controlled access right of way line 19 feet, more or less, to a point in the southern proposed temporary construction easement line of West Virginia Route 68, Northbound (Ramp A), said point being 51 feet radially right ofcenterline at Station 103+52;
thence, southwesterly, with said proposed temporary construction easement line 42 feet,more or less, to a point in the division line between James M. McCutcheon and Rebecca Mae McCutcheon and Grants of Naples, Inc., said point being 63 feet radially right of centerline atStation 103+09;
thence, northwesterly, with said division line 31 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning and containing 1,032 square feet, more or less.
The tract of land hereinabove described is a portion of that same real estate conveyed unto Grants of Naples, Inc., from Russell J. Grant, Jr., by deed dated December 29, 2014, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in Book 1223, at Page 285.

PARCEL 2-2
TEMPORARY CON- STRUCTION EASEMENT.
BEGINNING at a point in the eastern existing city right of way line of 2nd Street, said point being in the southern existing controlled access right of way line of West Virginia Route 68, Northbound (Ramp A) and 47 feet radially right of relocated West Virginia Route 68,Northbound (Ramp A) centerline at Station 104+19, Project S354-68-17.07 00, NHPP-0068(191)DTC, Wood County, West Virginia;
thence, northeasterly, meandering with said existing controlled access right of way line 43 feet, more or less, to a point 36 feet radially right of centerline at Station 104+63;
thence, easterly, continuing with said existing controlled access right of way line 50 feet,more or less, to a point 36 feet right of and at right angle to centerline at Station 105+13;
thence, southeasterly, continuing with said existing controlled access right of way line 48 feet, more or less, to a point in the northern existing city right of way line of Juliana Street, said point being 77 feet right of and at right angle to centerline at Station 105+38;
thence, southwesterly, meandering with said existing city right of way line 85 feet, more or less, to a point in the eastern existing city right of way line of 2nd Street, said point being 121 feet radially right of centerline at Station 104+64;
thence, northwesterly, meandering with said existing city right of way line 84 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning and containing 5,907 square feet, more or less.
The tract of land hereinabove described is a portion of that same real estate conveyed unto Grants of Naples, Inc., from Russell J. Grant, Jr., by deed dated December 29, 2014, ofrecord in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wood County, West Virginia, in Book 1223, at Page 285.

The above-named Respondents are hereby notified:
1. that the above-styled condemnation proceeding was instituted in the Circuit Court of Wood County on or about July 2, 2025, to take and appropriate the above-described propertyfor the purposes aforesaid;
2. that you may serve upon Ashley D. Wright, West Virginia Division of Highways,1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Building 5, Room A-517, Charleston, West Virginia, 25305, ananswer to the Petition filed herein;
3. that a copy of the Petition may be obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit Court ofWood County;
4. that a hearing to
determine the right of the Petitioner to take, appropriate and use the above-described land will be held on the 18th day of August, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Wharton of Wood County at the Wood County Judicial Building, 2 Government Square, Parkersburg, West Virginia, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard;
5. that Land Commissioners may be selected, whose purpose will be to determine justcompensation for the land proposed to be taken and for damages, if any, to the residue, and
6. that any and all other proceedings may be held and had as may be proper, at which time and place you, and each of you, are hereby notified to be present to protect your interests insaid proceeding.
Dated this 18th day of July, 2025.
THE WEST VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION,
DIVISON OF HIGHWAYS,

By Counsel,

/s/ Ashley D. Wright
Ashley D. Wright, WV State Bar #11724
West Virginia Division of Highways
Legal Division, Room A-517, Building 5
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430
Counsel for Petitioner
(304) 558-2823 Fax: (304) 558-3035
[email protected]
Counsel for Petitioner

July 22, 29