HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 86
(By Delegates Armstead, Webb and Walters)
[Introduced March 11, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting the United States Corps of Engineers, the State Soil
Conservation Agency and the West Virginia Division of Highways
to study the issue of flooding in Kanawha County, including
the causes of the recurring flooding and requesting these
agencies to take appropriate actions to alleviate and where
possible to eliminate the devastating effects of flooding.
Whereas, The people of Kanawha County have endured recurrent
flooding resulting in loss of life, personal injury and property
loss, including those residents and businesses in the Nitro and
Cross Lanes areas, the Sissonville area and the Elk River Valley
area; and
Whereas, Determining the underlying causes of the recurring
flooding in these areas and developing solutions to eliminate or
reduce the effects of flooding is crucial to the well-being of
these Kanawha County residents; and
Whereas, Several roadways connecting residences and businesses
in these areas to the rest of Kanawha County, including portions of
Haines Branch Road, Edens Fork Road, Route 21 in the Sissonville
area and U. S. Route 119, U. S. Route 114 and Thorofare Road in the Elk River area, periodically and repeatedly become impassible due
to high flood waters which strand residents and make it extremely
difficult for emergency responders to reach people living in these
flood distressed areas; and
Whereas, Citizens and businesses in the affected areas have
endured life threatening flooding which has resulted in the
destruction of too many homes and businesses on a recurring basis;
and
Whereas, The potential solutions include increased dredging,
installation or modification of drainage systems, modification of
road grades and routes, and other preventative and corrective
actions which must be explored and, if determined to be
appropriate, advanced in order to alleviate the threat of recurring
flooding in Kanawha County; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the United States Corps of Engineers, the State Soil
Conservation Agency and the West Virginia Division of Highways are
hereby requested to study the causes of the recurring flooding and
take appropriate actions to eliminate, where possible, recurring
flooding of homes, communities, businesses and roadways in these
areas of Kanawha County and to lessen the severity and reduce
adverse effects of the flooding that cannot be completely
eliminated; 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 United
States Corps of Engineers, the State Soil Conservation Agency, the
Commissioner of the Division of Highways and West Virginia's
delegation to Congress.
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