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Senate Transportation Committee reports resolution to name multiple West Virginia roads and bridges
Summary
The Senate Transportation Infrastructure Committee voted to report a committee substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 to the full Senate, recommending adoption of multiple roadway and bridge namings across the state, including a Purple Heart Trail spanning Mingo to Kanawha counties and several memorial bridges.
The Senate Transportation Infrastructure Committee on an early-session voice vote reported a committee substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it be adopted, advancing a package of roadway and bridge namings across West Virginia.
Counsel presented the committee substitute and read the list of proposed namings, which included memorial bridges and roads in Wayne, Randolph, Lewis, Raleigh, Monroe, Logan, Preston, Hardy, Grant, Webster, Braxton and other counties. Notable entries in the reading included a proposed Purple Heart Trail that would run from Mingo County into Kanawha County and a proposed West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead Memorial Bridge in Braxton County. The counsel described the measure as a request that the Department of Highways assign the listed names to the specified roads and bridges.
Senators responding during the discussion praised improvements to the submission timetable that required naming information by Dec. 15, a change some said has sped consideration of these requests. Vice Chair (the senator from Taylor) moved to report the committee substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it be adopted; the motion was approved by voice vote and the chair declared it adopted.
Counsel told members that supporting documentation for each naming request exists in internal committee files but is not available on the West Virginia Legislature’s public website; she offered to provide the documents to committee members on request. The chair noted that including searchable online information would help families and other interested parties locate the location and supporting details for each memorial naming.
The committee’s action was procedural: the committee reported the substitute to the full Senate for further action. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the committee transcript; the outcome was announced as adopted by voice vote. The resolution will next appear on the Senate calendar for floor consideration.
