HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 44
(By Delegates McGraw, Ellis, Hunt, Dempsey,
Tomblin, Whitman, Preece, Kominar and Ball)
Directing the Governor to authorize the West Virginia
Commissioner of Highways to increase the maximum speed limit
on those portions of the state's corridors, limited access
highways and interstate highways which are suited for higher
speed limits to seventy miles per hour on interstate
highways and to sixty-five miles per hour on the state's
corridors and controlled-access highways, effective July 1,
1996.
Whereas, The state's corridors and limited access highways,
together with its interstate highways, offer improved access to
many areas of this state; and
Whereas, Economic development and improved business
competitiveness requires that the state establish rapid, safe and
efficient means of transporting people, goods and products; and
Whereas, The federal government has determined that states
may increase the speed limits on corridors, limited access
highways and interstate highways if agreed to by the Legislature
and implemented by the Governor; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Governor is hereby directed to authorize the
Commissioner of Highways to increase the maximum speed limit onthose portions of the state's corridors and limited access
highways which are suited for higher speed limits by increasing
the speed limit on interstate highways within this state to
seventy miles per hour on the interstate highways within this
state and by increasing the speed limit on the state's corridors
and controlled-access highways within this state to sixty-five
miles per hour, effective July 1, 1996; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the
Governor and the Commissioner of Highways.