SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62

(By Senators Sprouse, McCabe and Foster)


Petitioning the United States Congress allow a variance to the gross vehicle weight limit of approximately 30 miles of I- 77/I-64 between Marmet, Kanawha County, and Mossy, Fayette County, to allow 120,000 pounds of gross vehicle weight.

Whereas, In 2004, the Legislature enacted legislation to allow trucks to pass through the town of Chesapeake, Kanawha County, with a gross vehicle weight of 120,000 pounds; and
Whereas, This legislation allows upwards of 400 trucks to pass through Chesapeake daily, creating environmental and safety hazards of dust, speed and close proximity to parked vehicles and children in school zones and on the streets; and
Whereas, Before this legislation was passed, truck traffic consistently had an overweight gross vehicle weight of 160,000 pounds and used I-77/I-64 between Marmet, Kanawha County, and Mossy, Fayette County; and
Whereas, I-77/I-64 weight limits are regulated by the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration and not the State of West Virginia; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature hereby petitions the United States Congress to allow a variance to the gross vehicle weight limit of approximately 30 miles of I-77/I-64 between Marmet, Kanawha County, and Mossy, Fayette County, to allow 120,000 pounds of gross vehicle weight; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to West Virginia's congressional delegation.