028-98
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RAIL PRESERVATION APPLICATION
WINCHESTER & WESTERN RAILROAD
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR desires to file an application with
the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION for safety
and improvement projects; and
WHEREAS, the identified safety projects are estimated to cost $660,000 and the
improvement projects are estimated to cost $3,009,575; and
WHEREAS, the 1998 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
WINCHESTER/FREDERICK COUNTY transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR is instrumental in the economic
development of the WINCHESTER/FREDERICK 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 1998
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 $3,669,575 in FREDERICK COUNTY and THE CITY OF WINCHESTER.
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the County of Frederick, Virginia,
meeting in regular session on April 8, 1998, upon motion made by W. Harrington
Smith, Jr., seconded by Richard C. Shickle, the above resolution was approved by the following
recorded vote:
James L. Longerbeam
Richard C. Shickle
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
RESOLUTION NO.: 028-98
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Robert M. Sager
Margaret B. Douglas
Charles W. Orndoff, Sf.
A COPY TESTE:
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