040-99
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RAIL PRESERVATION APPLICATION
WINCHESTER & WESTERN RAILROAD
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR desires to file an application with
the VIRGINIA DEI'ARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION for safety
and improvement proj:~cts; and
WHEREAS, the identified safety projects are estimated to cost $1,610,000 and the
improvement projects are estimated to cost $5,129,896.80; and
WHEREAS, the 1999 General Assembly has approved funding for the acquisition, lease
or improvement of railways within the Rail Industrial Access Program budget; and
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR is an important element of the
WINCHESTERIFlU:DERICK COUNTY transportation system; and
WHEREAS, ~he WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR is instrumental in the economic
development of the WINCHESTERlFREDERICK COUNTY area, and provides relief to the
highway system by transporting freight, and provides an alternate means of transporting
commodities; and
WHEREAS, FREDERICK COUNTY supports the project and the retention of rail
service; and
WHEREAS, the COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD has
established procedures for all allocation and distribution of the funds approved by the 1999
General Assembly.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that FREDERICK COUNTY does hereby
request the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION to
give priority consideration to the projects proposed by the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR
totaling $6,739,896.80 in FREDERICK COUNTY and THE CITY OF WINCHESTER.
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the County of Frederick, Virginia,
held on May 12, 1999, upon motion made by Richard C. Shickle, seconded by Robert M. Sager,
the above resolution was forwarded, without comment. The above motion was approved by the
following recorded vote:
Resolution - Winchester & Western Railroad
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James L. Longerbeam
Aye
Aye
Aye
Richard C. Shickle
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
RESOLUTION NO.: 040-99
Robert M. Sager
Margaret B. Douglas
Charles W. Orndoff, Sr.
A COPY TESTE:
OO~t-
R. Riley, Jr.
Clerk, Board of S pervisors
Aye
Aye
Aye