Bill Text: WV HCR85 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Requesting the legislatures and departments of transportation of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to endorse and pursue the construction of a new four-lane, limited access highway, extending Interstate Highway 99 from its present terminus at Bedford, Pennsylvania, to Covington, Virginia
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-10 - Completed legislative action [HCR85 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HCR85-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 85
By Delegates Howell, Capito, Criss, Espinosa, E. Evans, Fast, Gearheart, Hamrick, Hill, Martin, Moore, Pack, Rowan, Statler, Storch and Westfall
[Originating in the Committee on Roads and Transportation then Rules]
Requesting the legislatures and departments of transportation of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to endorse and pursue the construction of a new four-lane, limited access highway, extending Interstate Highway 99 from its present terminus at Bedford, Pennsylvania to Covington, Virginia.
Whereas, Communities located along the route of United States Highway Route 220 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, have enjoyed the benefit of access to a federal highway, but have become underserved as higher-quality, dedicated transportation corridors have developed in other areas; and
Whereas, U.S. Highway 220 does not meet the engineering and access standards of an interstate highway and, due to its outdated standards, it has become an impediment to growth and development along its path; and
Whereas, Modern, limited-access highways with east-west routings are now reaching this region, and there is no comparable north-south route available to the citizens and businesses of these areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia; and
Whereas, The nearest north-south interstate highway, Interstate 81, is overcrowded and suffers from dangerous traffic loads and frequent traffic back-ups; and
Whereas, Interstate 81 has been the subject of multiple proposals and research to alleviate this traffic load, including proposals to build extra lanes or separate, dedicated routes for truck traffic; and
Whereas, Construction of modifications to Interstate 81 would involve significant expense with relatively little additional benefit to the areas through which it passes; and
Whereas, The construction of a north-south oriented limited access highway along the general path of the current U.S. Highway 220 would both alleviate the traffic load on Interstate 81 and provide a path for the development of potentially productive regions in the states concerned; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the legislatures and departments of transportation of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are hereby requested to endorse and pursue the construction of a new four-lane, limited access highway, extending Interstate Highway 99 from its present terminus at Bedford, Pennsylvania to Covington, Virginia.
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the clerks of the legislatures of the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Highways, the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation.
