Committee Substitute

for

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4

(By Senators Boso, Plymale, and Woelfel)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Reported January 25, 2018]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 20-64-53.02 (20A842), locally known as the I-64 Kanawha River Bridge/South Charleston-Dunbar Bridge, carrying Eastbound Interstate 64 over the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, the “West Virginia Army National Guard Sergeant Glenn F. Lough, P. E., Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough was born on June 20, 1970, in Lewis County, West Virginia, the son of Mr. Nelson Lough and Mrs. Joyce Moneypenny Lough; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough graduated from Lewis County High School, from West Virginia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and from Liberty University with a Master of Arts degree in Religion; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough was a veteran of the 1st Brigade of the 119th Engineering Battalion of the West Virginia Army National Guard of Buckhannon; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough served as pastor for several churches in the Weston area and as an Associate Pastor of Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Putnam County; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough served as a highway engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highways for 25 years, a career which began in District 7 in Weston, transferred to the Planning Division in Charleston, and ended as the bridge repair engineer in the Engineering Division; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough worked at all times in a thorough and diligent manner, managing his time in a way that allowed him to design repairs for as many bridges as possible. He put the best interest of the employees working in his unit above his own, and he was a shining example of a public servant who we should all seek to emulate; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough saved the state and its citizens countless dollars with his innovative use of heat straightening on damaged bridges across the state. His work with heat straightening allowed bridge beams that had been hit to be repaired rather than replaced, and it kept those bridges functional and safe for the citizens of West Virginia; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough was willing at all times to serve other state agencies and engineered projects for the State Rail Authority, saving the state additional time and money; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough touched lives everywhere he went and was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough’s lasting impact remains on many bridges and with many people throughout the state, both people he knew and those who will never know his name; and

Whereas, Glenn F. Lough died in the line of duty at the age of 47 as the result of a vehicle collision on Interstate 79 on June 27, 2017, while traveling back to Charleston from the site of several bridges for which he was designing repairs, leaving behind a wife and two daughters, who miss him dearly; and

Whereas, It is fitting that a proper memorial be established for this man who served the State of West Virginia until the very last moment of his life; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 20-64-53.02 (20A842), locally known as the I-64 Kanawha River Bridge/South Charleston-Dunbar Bridge, carrying Eastbound Interstate 64 over the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, the “West Virginia Army National Guard Sergeant Glenn F. Lough, P. E., 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 “West Virginia Army National Guard Sergeant Glenn F. Lough, P. E., 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.