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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION REQUESTING RECONSIDIERATYON OF
RUEBUCK ROAD ACCESS BY
MAINE DRILLING AND BLASTING
FOR AN EXPLOSIVES STORAGE FACILITY IN
BERKELEY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, Maine Drilling and Blasting is planning an $.5-acre explosives
storage facility to be located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and
WHEREAS, Maine Drilling and Blasting is planning to access their site
using one point of access on Ruebuck Road, in Frederick County Virginia,
and
WHEREAS, Maine Drilling and Blasting is expected to generate
approximately 10 trips per day by pickup and medium duty straight trucks
along with two to three tractor trailer vehicle trips per week; and
WHEREAS, Ruebuck Road is a minor secondary roadway with 65
residential addresses in Virginia and several more in West Virginia which is
not conducive to the type and amount of traffic proposed; and
WHEREAS, The proposed traffic and type of materials involved create a
safety concern for the citizens of this residential area; and
WHEREAS, The access via Ruebuck Road creates a situation whereby in the
event of an emergency, services will likely be provided by Frederick County;
and
WHEREAS, The property on which Maine Drilling and Blasting is to be
located has available access to the West Virginia road system via Sam Mason
Road,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Frederick County
Board of Supervisors requests that Berkeley County, West
Virginia, and Maine Drilling and Blasting reconsider access to
Ruebuck Road and use Sam Mason Road for access to the Maine
Drilling and Blasting Explosives Storage Facility.
ADOPTED this loth day of February 2021.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman Aye Shawn L. Graber Aye
J. Douglas McCarthy Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Blaine P. Dunn Aye David D. Stegmaier Aye
Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
rs C. Tiern
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
County of Frederick, Virginia
Res. # 063-21