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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RAn. PRESERVATION APPLICATION
WINCHESTER & WESTERN RAn.ROAD
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR desires to file an application with
the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for safety and improvement
projects; and
WHEREAS, the identified safety projects are estimated to cost $162,000 and the
improvement projects are estimated to cost $2,229,976; and
WHEREAS, the 1996 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
WINCHESTERlFREDERlCK COUNTY transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR is instrumental in the economic
development of the WINCHESTERlFREDERlCK 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 1996
General Assembly.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that FREDERICK COUNTY does hereby
request the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION to give priority
consideration to the projects proposed by the WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR totaling
$2,391,976 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 24, 1996, upon motion made by W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
seconded by Charles W. Orndoff, Sf . the above resolution was passed by the following
recorded vote:
James L. Longerbeam
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
Margaret B. Douglas
RESOLU110N NO.: 035-96
Aye
Robert M. Sager
Richard C. Shickle
Charles W. Orndoff, Sr.
Aye
Aye
A COpy TESTE:
Ave
Ave
Aye
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John . ey, Jr.
County Administrator
April 25, 1996
Date