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.