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City attorney presents ordinance to transfer Hal Greer Boulevard strip to state highway department
Summary
Acting City Attorney Scott Damron told council the city will convey a roughly 350-foot strip of right-of-way along Hal Greer Boulevard to the West Virginia Division of Highways at the request of that agency; Damron moved the item to second reading during the work session.
Acting City Attorney Scott Damron told the Huntington City Council on Jan. 27 that the administration is asking the council to convey a strip of right-of-way along Hal Greer Boulevard to the West Virginia Division of Highways.
Damron said the parcel is a non-controlled-access right-of-way about 350 feet long and approximately 10 feet deep that runs along property owned by the Huntington Housing Authority. He said the tract is currently a vacant lot acquired by the city as part of the Hal Greer Boulevard improvement project and that the Division of Highways has requested the city convey the parcel because it is part of the road right-of-way.
"The ordinance would approve the transfer of a non-controlled access right of way from the city to the West Virginia Division of Highways," Damron said. "The city has no use for that, and it's actually part the right of way, so it should be part owned by the DOH."
Damron offered to answer council questions and said, "I'll move this on to a second reading." No vote was recorded at the work session and no final conveyance was completed during the meeting.
The transfer, if approved on a subsequent reading, would align legal ownership of the strip with the agency that maintains the roadway. Council members did not take formal action on the ordinance during the work session.
