H. C. R. 6
(By Delegates Brown, Hatfield, Webster,
Palumbo,
Spencer, Wells, Hunt)
[Introduced February 14, 2005.]
Petitioning the United States Congress to allow a variance to the gross vehicle weight limit of the
approximately six miles of I-77 between Marmet, West Virginia and Chelyan, West Virginia
to allow one hundred twenty thousand pounds of gross vehicle weight so that coal trucks may
lawfully travel this section of highway.
Whereas
, The West Virginia Legislature has enacted legislation that allows trucks to pass
through the town of Chesapeake, West Virginia with a gross vehicle weight of one hundred twenty
thousand pounds; and
Whereas
, This legislation allows upwards of four hundred of these trucks to pass through
Chesapeake daily, creating environmental and safety hazards of dust, speed and close proximity to
parked vehicles, children in school zones and on the streets; and
Whereas, Before this legislation was passed increasing the gross vehicle weight limit, all
of these trucks consistently had an overweight gross vehicle weight of one hundred sixty thousand
pounds and used I-77 between Marmet, West Virginia and Chelyan, West Virginia; and
Whereas, I-77 weight limits are regulated by the United States Department of
Transportation's Federal Highway Administration and not the State of West Virginia; therefore, be
it
Resolved by the legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature of West Virginia hereby petitions the United States Congress to allow
a variance to the weight limit of this approximate six miles of I-77 to allow one hundred twenty
thousand pounds of gross vehicle weight so that these trucks can lawfully travel this section of
highway.
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