If you hauled through West Virginia on a GotPermits login, that login stopped working on October 1, 2026. The state did not move your account, your company record or your permits to the new system.
The short version
According to the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH), WVTRIPS replaced WV GotPermits as the state’s hauling-permit system on October 1, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. Every carrier needs two new accounts: a user login in the state’s Speed to Build portal and a company account in WVTRIPS, tied to a USDOT number the state checks against the federal register. Permits issued before October 1 were not carried over. The fees, the legal limits and the escort rules are unchanged. Permigo, a permit service registered in WVTRIPS, files West Virginia hauling permits for a flat $20.
West Virginia’s escort and permit rules are on the West Virginia page; a whole route, with West Virginia as one leg, is priced in the calculator.
What WVTRIPS is
WVTRIPS is the West Virginia Transportation Routing and Integrated Permitting System: the online system the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH, part of the Department of Transportation, WVDOT) now uses to issue oversize and overweight hauling permits. It went live on October 1, 2026, and WVDOH sends its technical questions to ProMiles, a permit-routing software company.
It issues the same permits GotPermits did: single trip permits for oversize and overweight loads, blanket (annual) permits, superload permits, mobile home permits and the seagoing container blanket. The difference is how you get in. WVTRIPS has no front door of its own. You reach it through West Virginia Speed to Build, the Governor’s one-stop permitting portal. The state uses that portal for permits, licenses and certifications from the thirteen agencies listed on its front page, the Division of Highways among them.
WVDOH’s own pages still call the document a hauling permit, and the office that approves accounts and reviews loads is still the Permit Section in Charleston (WVDOH’s WVTRIPS notices call it the Permit Office).
What changed on October 1
The switch replaced the system, its vendor and every account. The permit itself did not change.
| What | Before October 1, 2026 | From October 1, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Where a permit is issued | WV GotPermits (wv.gotpermits.com), the state’s self-issue site | WVTRIPS, reached only through the West Virginia Speed to Build portal |
| The vendor | Bentley Systems, which also runs the multi-state gotpermits.com | ProMiles, which WVDOH names for WVTRIPS technical support |
| Your login | A GotPermits account | A Speed to Build user account and a company account in WVTRIPS |
| Your company record | Held in GotPermits | Created again in WVTRIPS and checked against the federal USDOT register |
| Permits issued before October 1, 2026 | Stored in your GotPermits account | Not carried over — WVDOH says to save copies of any you still need |
| The fees, the limits and the escort rules | WVDOT’s published schedule and limits | The same schedule and limits (see below) |
Permigo tried the old site on October 8, 2026. wv.gotpermits.com did not answer. The multi-state site, gotpermits.com, still loads, and still lists West Virginia, but its West Virginia link goes to the dead site. WVDOH’s notice says WVTRIPS “will replace WVDOH’s current oversize/overweight Permitting System,” so a West Virginia permit now comes only from WVTRIPS. The notice WVDOH emailed permit services on October 7, 2026 adds that permits issued before the switch “will not be carried over.” Keep a copy of any permit you still need, because the state’s system no longer has it.
Why the state moved
The state’s real project was the portal. WVTRIPS is the part of it that issues hauling permits. In 2025 the Legislature passed House Bill 2002. It told the Department of Administration to build one entry point for every state permit and license, with an online dashboard due by January 1, 2027, where an applicant can research, apply for, pay for and renew a permit. Speed to Build is that portal, and Governor Patrick Morrisey made it compulsory. In WVDOH’s words, “the Governor is mandating all permitting be accessed through the new One Stop Shop portal.” Hauling permits moved behind that door at the same time, on a new system from a new vendor.
For a carrier the practical effect is one login (Speed to Build) and one company record (WVTRIPS) for every West Virginia permit, and one more account to keep alive.
What the new system asks of you
Before WVTRIPS issues a carrier’s first permit, the state wants two things. One is a user account in Speed to Build, in the name of a real person with an email they control. The other is a company account in WVTRIPS for the motor carrier, with the company’s details and its USDOT number, which is checked against the FMCSA’s SAFER database, the federal carrier register.
Permit services register separately, and every permit-service account waits for a WVDOH employee to approve it: nothing in WVTRIPS is visible until the approval email arrives, WVDOH publishes no turnaround, and a denial comes with a reason. If you move mobile homes, WVTRIPS also wants proof of insurance on file before it will issue those permits. Where the process is slow, the slow part is waiting on a person.
Permigo is registered as a permit service in WVTRIPS, so the accounts, and the approval wait, sit with us. Send the load’s dimensions, weight, route and dates, and the truck and trailer details, and we file the West Virginia hauling permit for $20, with WVDOH’s own fee billed at cost. The driver has the permit before the truck moves.
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What did not change
An oversize-only single-trip hauling permit costs $20 in state fees and is good for five days; an overweight single trip adds 4 cents per ton-mile (one ton carried one mile); an annual oversize blanket is $200. The figures below are WVDOT’s own, read on October 8, 2026.
| Permit | State fee | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Single trip, oversize only | $20 | Good for five days. No per-mile charge. |
| Single trip, overweight | $20 plus 4 cents per ton-mile | A ton-mile is one ton carried one mile. Superloads pay the same single-trip fee. |
| Mobile home, single trip | $20 | Up to 16 feet wide, 15 feet 6 inches high, 110 feet overall. |
| Blanket (annual), oversize only | $200 | One power unit, one year from the start date. |
| Blanket (annual), oversize and overweight | $500 | Nondivisible loads only; five or more axles. |
| Mobile home blanket | $200 | Mobile homes 14 feet wide or less; needs approved insurance on file. |
| Seagoing container blanket | $150 for the first 15 permits, then $15 each | Overweight containerized cargo, 90,000 lb gross. |
| Bridge monitoring (the state’s “low-impact” single trips) | $150 for the first bridge, $100 for the second, $50 for each after, up to $750 | When the state assigns a monitor at a bridge crossing; moving without one is a violation. |
| Superload application not activated | $20 | Charged at WVDOH’s discretion 30 days after the state’s route review. |
Those are the state’s fees. Permigo adds a $20 service fee per permit and passes the state’s fee through at cost, so a plain oversize single trip through West Virginia costs $40 all in: $20 to the state, $20 to Permigo.
| Rule | West Virginia | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Legal width, height, gross weight | 8 ft 6 in, 13 ft 6 in, 80,000 lb | WVDOT limits |
| First escort | From 10 ft 6 in wide on two-lane roads; over 12 ft on multilane | Permit sheet |
| Front and rear escort | Over 12 ft wide on two-lane roads, over 14 ft on multilane; over 14 ft wide means weekdays only | Permit sheet |
| Superload | Over 16 ft wide or over 120,000 lb gross | Permit sheet |
| Travel hours | Sunrise to sunset; loads up to 14 ft wide seven days a week on request; overweight-only loads around the clock on request, up to 110,000 lb on the Turnpike and 135,000 lb on other routes, with night moves on two-lane roads reviewed case by case | Permit sheet, WVDOT FAQ |
| Permit validity | Single trip and superload permits: five days | Permit sheet |
| Amendments | One per permit: a plate correction, up to three more days, or a date change before it goes active | WVDOT FAQ |
| Processing times | WVDOH’s FAQ still lists the GotPermits-era times and has not published new ones: minutes for a self-issued permit (printed without a reviewer), 24 hours for a manual review, 48 hours or more for a superload | WVDOT FAQ |
The escort rules by road type, the movement-hour table and the Turnpike’s own limits are on the West Virginia page. To see what a whole route costs, with West Virginia as one leg, price it in the calculator.
Who runs what
Three organizations now touch a West Virginia hauling permit, and they do not share a help desk. The contacts below are as WVDOH lists them, checked on October 8, 2026.
| Question | Who answers it |
|---|---|
| The permit itself: a fee, a route, a restriction, a stalled account approval | WVDOH Permit Section — DOHPermitting@wv.gov, (304) 558-9547, Building Five, Room 356, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305-0430. 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. |
| WVTRIPS itself: an error, a login that will not work | ProMiles support — wvtripssupport@promiles.com |
| Speed to Build: registering and signing in | The portal’s own support contacts |
| Filing it without any of the above | Permigo — +1 (786) 494-6912, 7am–7pm CT, seven days a week, or send a message |
Common questions
Is WVTRIPS the same as WV GotPermits?
No. WVTRIPS is the system that replaced it. WV GotPermits, run by Bentley Systems, issued West Virginia’s hauling permits until October 1, 2026. WVTRIPS, the West Virginia Division of Highways’ (WVDOH) new system, supported by ProMiles, issues them now, and it is reached only through the state’s Speed to Build portal. Accounts, company records and permits all stayed behind.
I had a GotPermits account. Do I need a new one?
Yes. WVDOH’s notice of October 7, 2026 says account information “will not automatically migrate,” so every carrier and every permit service starts over with two accounts: a user account in West Virginia Speed to Build and a company account in WVTRIPS, tied to a USDOT number the state checks against the federal register. Or skip both and have Permigo file it.
Do permits issued before October 1, 2026 still work?
WVDOH’s notice of October 7, 2026 does not cancel them. It says those permits “will not be carried over” to WVTRIPS and recommends saving a copy of any you still need. The state’s system no longer holds the record. A single-trip permit is good for five days, so any issued before the switch ran out within days of it. If you hold a blanket permit that runs past October 1, keep the copy in the truck and ask the Permit Section whether a replacement is needed.
Can I still use gotpermits.com for a West Virginia permit?
No. The West Virginia site, wv.gotpermits.com, no longer answered when Permigo tried it on October 8, 2026, and WVDOH says WVTRIPS replaced it. The multi-state site at gotpermits.com is still online for the other states that use Bentley’s system, but a West Virginia hauling permit now comes only from WVTRIPS.
Is Speed to Build the same as WVTRIPS?
No. West Virginia Speed to Build is the Governor’s One Stop Shop portal for every state permit, license and certification, from air quality to forestry. Your login lives there. WVTRIPS is the hauling-permit system behind it, run for the Division of Highways since October 1, 2026, and it holds your company record. Two accounts behind one login.
What does a West Virginia oversize permit cost?
An oversize-only single-trip hauling permit costs $20 in state fees and is good for five days, according to WVDOT’s Permit Types page, read October 8, 2026. An overweight single trip adds 4 cents per ton-mile; an annual oversize blanket is $200, and the oversize-and-overweight blanket is $500. Permigo files the permit for a flat $20 on top, so a plain oversize single trip costs $40 all in. The whole schedule is in the table above, and the cost guide compares it with the other 47 states.
Who do I contact about WVTRIPS?
For an error in WVTRIPS or a login that will not link, contact ProMiles support at wvtripssupport@promiles.com. For the permit itself — a fee, a route, a restriction, a stalled account approval — contact the WVDOH Permit Section at DOHPermitting@wv.gov or (304) 558-9547, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, as WVDOH lists them (checked October 8, 2026). Permigo, a permit service registered in WVTRIPS, answers at +1 (786) 494-6912 or through the contact page.
Can a permit service file a West Virginia hauling permit for me?
Yes. WVDOH’s own FAQ says the Permit Section keeps a list of permit services with prepaid (escrow) accounts with the state, and WVTRIPS has a separate account type for them. Permigo is a permit service registered in WVTRIPS: send the load’s dimensions, weight and route, and we file the West Virginia hauling permit for a flat $20, with the state’s fee billed at cost. West Virginia’s rules are on the state page.