Bill Text: WV SCR41 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

West Virginia Senate Concurrent Resolution 41 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting DOH name bridge in Berkeley County "W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies Memorial Bridge"

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-13 - House Message received [SCR41 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2015-SCR41-Introduced.html

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 41

(By Senators Blair, Trump and Stollings)

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 2-9-4.81 (2A022) on Route 9 over Back Creek in Berkeley County the "W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies Memorial Bridge".

Whereas, Tomahawk's Ruritan Club members W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies circulated a petition among the fine folks of Back Creek Valley, Cherry Run and Hedgesville over twenty-five years ago to have the bridge spanning Back Creek replaced as it posed a hazard to worried travelers, including public school students from Berkeley and Morgan counties; and

Whereas, After W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies brought the unsafe bridge to the attention of then Delegates Patrick Murphy and Vicki Douglas, the Honorable Gaston Caperton, then Governor, approved the construction of a new bridge; and

Whereas, W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies were honored for their noble efforts by being the first individuals to cross the newly replaced bridge at its grand opening; and

Whereas, W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies lived a few more years and passed on to Heaven's embrace as both were fine and honored Christian men, loved by many and missed by all; and

Whereas, On May 20, 2014, the Berkeley County Association of Retired School Employees passed a resolution urging the Legislature to name the bridge for W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies; and

Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies and their good deeds for family, schools and the community be recognized and remembered; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 2-9-4.81 (2A022) on Route 9 over Back Creek in Berkeley County the "W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs at both ends of the bridge identifying it as the "W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies 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, to the families of W. C. Honaker and Clyde Spies, to Patrick Murphy and to the Berkeley County Association of Retired School Employees.