The owner or tenant of land fronting on any state road shall construct and keep in repair all approaches or driveways to and from the same, under the direction of the state road commission, and, likewise, the owner or tenant of land fronting on any county- district road shall construct and keep in repair all approaches or driveways to and from the same, under the direction of the county road engineer, and it shall be unlawful for such owner or tenant to fill up any ditch, or place any material of any kind or character in any ditch, so as in any manner to obstruct or interfere with the purposes for which it was made.
W. Va. Code § 17-16-9
Private driveways or approaches to roads; obstruction of ditches
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Robinson v. Division of Highways (2006)
Most recently applied in Robinson v. Division of Highways (July 2006)
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