Bill Text: WV SCR25 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: US Army PFC Andrew "Bo" Martin Harper Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - House Message received [SCR25 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SCR25-Comm_Sub.html
Committee Substitute
for
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 25
(By Senators Beach, Jeffries, Stollings, Baldwin, Palumbo, and Swope)
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Reported February 14, 2019]
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 31-857-3.30 (31A322), locally known as Deckers Creek Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 857 over Deckers Creek in Monongalia County, the “U.S. Army PFC Andrew ‘Bo’ Martin Harper Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Andrew “Bo” Martin Harper was born August 17, 1991, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Steven M. Harper of Maidsville, West Virginia, and Deanna Jeannette Anderson Harper Wells of Middleburg, Florida; and
Whereas, Andrew “Bo” Martin Harper was a 2009 graduate of University High School in Monongalia County where he participated in football, wrestling, and track. He was a member of Young Life of Morgantown and attended Chestnut Ridge Church; and
Whereas, Andrew “Bo” Martin Harper enlisted in the United States Army and obtained the rank of PFC/E3. He was assigned to Iron Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany; and
Whereas, On March 11, 2011, PFC Andrew “Bo” Martin Harper tragically lost his life conducting combat operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U.S. Army PFC Andrew “Bo” Martin Harper and his sacrifice to our state and country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways name bridge number 31-857-3.30 (31A322), locally known as Deckers Creek Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 857 over Deckers Creek in Monongalia County, the “U.S. Army PFC Andrew ‘Bo’ Martin Harper Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U.S. Army PFC Andrew ‘Bo’ Martin Harper 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 Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
