H. C. R. 3--"Urging the President and the Congress to select a route between the cities of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the federal magnetic elevated train system pilot project and to power the pilot project by electricity produced from coal."
Whereas, The need to improve the nation's transportation system for the next century, the need to create jobs, the need to reduce reliance on foreign oil for energy and the need to improve the nation's infrastructure require investment in projects which hold promise of success; and
Whereas, Morgantown, West Virginia, has had a long standing and successful elevated train system located on the West Virginia University Campus; and
Whereas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a modern metropolitan center strategically located in a thriving coal-producing area of this nation; and
Whereas, The research facilities at West Virginia University and recent innovations and improvements in coal mining and coal burning technology will provide an excellent environment for the pilot study and will assure sufficient clean energy supplies to operate a magnetic elevated train system well into the future; and
Whereas, Clean coal technology will benefit the entire nation by increasing employment, by decreasing reliance on foreign oil, by providing upstart byproducts that can be used in a multitude of ways by the United States Department of Defense, the United States Department of Transportation and the United States Department of Energy, as well as many other segments of federal and state governments; and
Whereas, Undertaking the pilot project in an area which includes rural, mountainous and metropolitan terrain strategically situated between large centers of population in the midwest and the east coast offers the best opportunity to expand the pilot project to a modern transportation system worthy of the world's most innovative and powerful nation; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the President and the Congress of the United States are hereby urged to select a route between Morgantown, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the federal magnetic elevated train system pilot project; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this project be powered by electricity produced from coal; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to the President, the leadership of both Houses of the Congress and West Virginia's delegation in Congress.