Truck safety panel to begin deliberations in Charleston
West Virginia Governor's Truck Safety Work Group opens today in Charleston to draft recommendations for Gov Wise and the Legislature on general truck safety and overweight coal trucks. A compromise is anticipated with potential weight limit changes and stronger enforcement of 2002 laws. Public hearings were held, and sessions run through Friday with possible July sessions if needed.
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Charleston
Bob Wise
West Virginia
House Committee On Government Relations
Del
Eustace Frederick
Dmercer
House of Delegates
Mike Browning
Gov. Wise
Browning
Sanitary board expansion stalled on second reading
Bluefield mayor R E Bob Perkinson Jr proposed increasing the Sanitary Board from three to five members. The proposal was tabled on second reading as directors seek a ruling from the state Attorney General on residency requirements. Vote 4-1 with Perkinson opposed. Directors Turner Sarver Bailey voted for AG review. Perkinson opposed. Moore abstained.
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Bluefield
R.E
Bob” Perkinson Jr
Sanitary Board of
Board of Directors
Perkinson
Donnie Turner
Sanitary Board
Turner
Deb Sarver
James Bailey
Garry D. Moore
Insurance panel approves protected cell captive for local hospitals
The panel authorized a protected cell captive with NCRIC to supply alternate malpractice coverage for Princeton Community Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital. A 500000 dollar capital transfer funds the captive for emergencies. Physicians at the hospitals resisted joining the Board of Risk and Insurance Management. The plan is described as a short term fix amid a broader national issue.
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NCRIC
Dunmyer
Board of Risk and Insurance Management
West Virginia
Mathena
Interchange plans near Mercer Airport cost $53 million
DOT secretary outlined a multi project update from Ammar Intersection linking John Nash Blvd to I-73/74 and US 460 toward Princeton. The interchange to the airport costs $53 million with construction of the bridge at $17-18 million, funding not yet available. EPperly noted progress at Horse Pen Mountain with Premium Energy saving at least $25 million and potential similar plan for Pigeon Creek. Additional work in Sophia from Rt 16 to Surveyor Creek Road either finished or under construction with bids July 9 for remaining segment. Final design for a two mile Surveyor Creek to Slab Fork stretch and for the Coalfields Expressway Interchange in McDowell County target late this year or next. Overall lack of funding slows progress on these multi million projects from federal and state sources.
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Mercer County
DOT
Ammar
John Nash
Bluefield
Wytheville
Princeton
Virginia
Epperly
Horse Pen Mountain
Premium Energy Company
Premium
Rt. 10
Pigeon Creek
Vankirk
Sophia
Rt. 16
Lester Square
Surveyor Creek Road
Surveyor Creek
Slab Fork
Coalfields Expressway
King Coal Highway
McDowell County
DOH
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bottonline.com
King Coal Highway Authority seeks funding for I-73/74 trip
An impromptu meeting of Southern Counties Coalition members at the Department of Transportation Building discussed securing funding. King Coal Highway Authority president David Akers and Executive Director Mike Mitchem outlined a request for 125000 this year after receiving 25000 last year. They plan another trip to Washington to press U.S. Senators Byrd and Rockefeller and Rep. Rahall II for highway funds and to support reauthorization of National Highway Funds. The Budget Digest decision is expected late this week.
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Southern Counties Coalition
Department of Transportation
David B. Akers
Mingo County
Washington, D.C
Mike Mitchem
House of Delegates
State Senate
Akers
King Coal Highway Authority
Mitchem
West Virginia
King Coal Highway
House
Senate
Bob Wise
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Jay Rockefeller
Nick Rahall II
Paul Gonzalez
Rahall
Beckley
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