SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 39
(By Senators McCabe and Foster)
Petitioning the United States Congress allow a variance in the
gross vehicle weight limit of approximately six miles of I-
77/I-64 between Marmet, Kanawha County, and Chelyan, Kanawha
County, to allow 120,000 pounds of gross vehicle weight so
that coal trucks may lawfully travel this section of highway.
Whereas, The Legislature has enacted legislation that allows
trucks to pass through the town of Chesapeake, Kanawha County, with
a gross vehicle weight of 120,000 pounds; and
Whereas, This legislation allows upwards of 400 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 160,000 pounds and used I-77/I-
64 between Marmet, Kanawha County, and Chelyan, Kanawha County; and
Whereas, I-77/I-64 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 hereby petitions the United States Congress allow a variance in the gross vehicle weight limit of
approximately six miles of I-77/I-64 between Marmet, Kanawha
County, and Chelyan, Kanawha County, to allow 120,000 pounds of
gross vehicle weight so that coal trucks may lawfully travel this
section of highway; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to West Virginia's
congressional delegation.