SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 42
(By Senators Chafin and Fanning)

Requesting the joint committee on government and finance to make a study of the proposed coalfields expressway, a seventy mile road from Beckley into Grundy, Virginia.

Whereas, Residents of Wyoming, McDowell, Raleigh and other coalfield counties would benefit greatly from such an expressway; and
Whereas, Timber companies, tourism and retailers would also benefit from the expressway by cutting the travel time on the two lane road in half; and
Whereas, This is an effort to open up the southern portion of the state; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the joint committee on government and finance is hereby requested to review, examine and study the status of the coalfield expressway, the needs for further funding and the ways and means for development of such programs which are feasible and advisable and to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the same; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the joint committee on government and finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 1998, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the jJoint cCommittee on gGovernment and fFinance.