SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6

(By Senators Romano, Facemire, Baldwin, Beach, Hardesty, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Lindsay, Stollings, Swope, Woelfel, and Unger)

[Introduced January 15, 2020]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 17-9-0.35 (17A053), locally known as Wilsonburg T-beam Bridge, carrying County Route 9 over Limestone Run in Harrison County, the “Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., was a lifelong resident of Harrison County, a graduate of Victory High School and West Virginia Business College; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., retired after 43 years in petroleum marketing, having operated his own business; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., was appointed to the Harrison County Solid Waste Authority in 1990 by the Harrison County Commission and served as chairman of the authority; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., was chosen as the Volunteer of the Year by the Association of West Virginia Solid Waste Authority during their 12th annual conference in the fall of 2000; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., was an outstanding community leader with many years of service in various organizations, serving the local emergency planning committee, Clarksburg Lions Club, Central West Virginia Community Action Association, and others; and

Whereas, As chairman, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., worked to help develop a recycling ordinance for the county, established a recycling hotline, and was recognized in several issues of the Solid Waste Reporter for his leadership in “one of the top integrated waste management programs in West Virginia”; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., worked with county education leaders through the solid waste authorities’ efforts as Partner in Education with 10 county schools; and

Whereas, Walter E. Swiger, Jr., passed away on November 7, 2015; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Walter E. Swiger, Jr., and his contributions to his community and state; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 17-9-0.35 (17A053), locally known as Wilsonburg T-beam Bridge, carrying County Route 9 over Limestone Run in Harrison County, the “Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Walter E. Swiger, Jr., 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.