HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15
(By Delegate Flanigan)
Urging our congressional delegation to include in new federal
highway legislation funding for the I-73, Coalfields
Expressway and Shawnee Parkway highway projects in southern
West Virginia.
Whereas, There is a long-term need in southern West Virginia
for world class transportation infrastructure, and the
construction of the I-73, Coalfields Expressway and Shawnee
Parkway highway projects in southern West Virginia will help
address those needs; and
Whereas,
Business and services to southern West Virginia will
increase because of the increased traffic flow resulting from the
construction of these highways; and
Whereas, The growth potential for southern West Virginia
will be greatly increased because the vast productive capacity of
this area will be reached by West Virginia's timber and
extractive industries; other West Virginia industries will be
served by allowing economical access to the wealthy markets as
close as two hundred fifty miles away, and tourism will be served
by the influx of visitors from those markets;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That our Sstate's Ccongressional delegation is urged to
include in new federal highway legislation funding for the I-73,
Coalfields Expressway and Shawnee Parkway highway projects in
southern West Virginia;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to
forward a copy of this resolution to the members of the West
Virginia Ccongressional delegation.