The West Virginia Parkways Authority could not afford to lay more than 2 in. of asphalt over the top of the concrete on the West Virginia Turnpike last year between Chelyan and the Kanawha River. As a result, the Charleston Daily Mail reported, the breaks in the concrete have propagated cracks through the asphalt, and the Parkways Authority will—again—have to fix thousands of cracks in the turnpike before winter turns them into giant potholes.