Thursday, November 18, 2010
State Parkways Authority Seeks Support Of Supreme Court
WEST VIRGINIA....
The state Parkways Authority says the Mason County Commission took an illegal vote concerning U.S. Route 35 when it voted to rescind their resolution to approve a toll road on September 30th. The Authority voted Thursday afternoon to ask the state Supreme Court to back a new state law that allows for new toll roads in West Virginia. The Authority filed a writ of mandamus seeking clear guidance after it believes it followed the new state law. State Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox says that law does not allow county commissions to vote to support a project and then change that vote. Mattox says, without the $80 million in toll bonds, the road can not be completed.
The state Parkways Authority says the Mason County Commission took an illegal vote concerning U.S. Route 35 when it voted to rescind their resolution to approve a toll road on September 30th. The Authority voted Thursday afternoon to ask the state Supreme Court to back a new state law that allows for new toll roads in West Virginia. The Authority filed a writ of mandamus seeking clear guidance after it believes it followed the new state law. State Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox says that law does not allow county commissions to vote to support a project and then change that vote. Mattox says, without the $80 million in toll bonds, the road can not be completed.
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