H. B. 2419
(By Delegate McGraw)
[Introduced January 14, 1998; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article sixteen-a,
chapter seventeen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to directing
the parkways authority to build entrance and exit ramps on
the West Virginia turnpike at mile marker fifty-two.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-1. Constructing, operating, financing, etc., parkway,
economic development and tourism projects.
In order to remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways and roads in the state of West Virginia, to
facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state, to promote and
enhance the tourism industry and to develop and improve tourist
facilities and attractions in the state, to promote the
agricultural, economic and industrial development of the state,
and to provide for the construction of modern express highways
including center divisions, ample shoulder widths, longsight
distances, the bypassing of cities, multiple lanes in each
direction and grade separations at all intersections with other
highways and railroads, to provide for the development,
construction, improvement and enhancement of state parks, tourist
facilities and attractions, and to provide for the improvement
and enhancement of state parks presently existing, the West
Virginia parkways, economic development and tourism authority
(hereinafter created) is hereby authorized and empowered to
construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair and operate
parkway projects, economic development projects and tourism
projects (as those terms are hereinafter defined in section five
of this article) at such locations as shall be approved by the
state department of transportation, and to issue parkway revenue
bonds of the state of West Virginia, payable solely from
revenues, to pay the cost of such projects.
The parkways authority shall build entrance and exit ramps on the West Virginia turnpike at mile marker fifty-two at the
junction of Spruce Mountain Road.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to direct the Parkways
Authority to build entrance and exit ramps on the West Virginia
Turnpike at mile marker 52 at the junction of Spruce Mountain
Road.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.