COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 25
(By Senators Fanning and Chafin)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 2847 on U.
S. Route 52 that spans Elkhorn Creek in Landgraff, McDowell
County, the "Luke Simplicio Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Luke Simplicio was born December 31, 1944, in
McDowell County; and
Whereas, Luke Simplicio was a veteran of the United States Air
Force from 1962 to 1966, including serving one year in Korea; and
Whereas, Luke Simplicio began his career with the Division of
Highways in McDowell County in 1987; and
Whereas, Sadly, Luke Simplicio died May 16, 2006, from
injuries sustained in a work-related accident while working as a
crew leader near the bridge on U. S. Route 52 that spans Elkhorn
Creek; and
Whereas, It is fitting that bridge number 2847 on U. S. Route
52 in Landgraff, McDowell County, be named the "Luke Simplicio
Memorial Bridge" as a tribute to his public service; therefore, be
it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name bridge number 2847 on U. S. Route 52 that spans Elkhorn
Creek in Landgraff, McDowell County, the "Luke Simplicio Memorial
Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division Highways is requested to
have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Luke
Simplicio Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and to the family of the late Luke
Simplicio.