HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25
(By Delegates
Flanigan, Smirl, Hubbard, R. Thompson,
H. White, Kominar, Wills, Frederick, Wright, Yeager,
Staton, Browning, Perdue and Stephens
)
[Introduced March 16, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting the Governor of West Virginia, the West Virginia members
of the United States Congress, the Secretary of the Department
of Transportation and the Commissioner of the Division of
Highways to support and assist the completion of the King Coal
(I 73/74) Highway.
Whereas, The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
(ISTEA) provides for the construction of the King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway
from Huntington, West Virginia, to the Virginia state line
at Bluefield and Princeton; and
Whereas, Construction of the King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway will
significantly contribute to the improvement of transportation into,
from, within and through southern West Virginia, assist in regional
economic development and generally enhance highway safety; and
Whereas, Federal legislation has designated the King Coal
(I 73/74)
Highway as a component of the National Highway System,
making the project eligible for federal funds; and
Whereas, The King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway's inclusion in the
National Highway System will make it an integral part of the
nation's most important long-distance, high-speed highway system,
providing efficient, safe and convenient movement of goods and
people throughout the United States; and
Whereas, The King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway Authority, a public
corporation created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature,
highly advocates the recreational, tourism, industrial, economic
and community development aspects of the King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway; and
Whereas, The prompt construction of the King Coal (I 73/74)
Highway is indispensable to the economic development of southern
West Virginia and time is of the essence; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Governor of West Virginia, the West Virginia members
of the United States Congress, the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation and the Commissioner of the Division of Highways are
hereby requested to make all possible efforts to support and assist
the completion of the King Coal (I 73/74) Highway; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor of West Virginia, the West Virginia members of the United States Congress,
the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the
Commissioner of the Division of Highways in order that they may be
apprised of the sense of the West Virginia Legislature in this
matter.