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The Association was started by Wayne C. Spiggle in 2003. The association meets on the third Wednesday of each odd-numbered month at various locations rotating throughout the counties along the route.


COUNTIES & THEIR KEY MEMBERS


Frederick County, Virginia


Hampshire County, West Virginia


  • Wayne C. Spiggle , Facilitator

  • Gary Howell, Federal Funding

  • Dr. Ken Musgave, Federal Funding



Grant County, West Virginia


Garrett County, Maryland



Taylor County, West Virginia



KEY EVENTS


July 19th, 2005

Federal Funding Committee met in Washington with Representative Shelley Moore Capito , Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller to request funding of specific projects on US 50 to improve traffic flow and safety.


May 17 , 2006


The US 50 Association proposed a new standard of 2-lane highway to be built as a continuation of the Appalachian Development Highway System . Dubbed The Super-2 the idea is to fill in gaps between the 4-lane system which is currently nearing completion.


April 9 , 2007


The Federal Highway Administration requested that the US 50 Association become a participating agency for the proposed National Highway System (NHS) corridor between Interstate 68 and Corridor H in West Virginia. On May 30 , 2007 the group accepted.


July 18 , 2007

As a participating agency working with the Federal Highway Administration the US 50 Association requested earmark funding for the West Virginia portion of the NHS corridors Tier 2 study.


REFERENCE

  • Federal Highway Administration Letter Dated April 9, 2007, from Ed Compton, FHWA

  • ''West Virginia Department of Highways'' US 50 Needs Study, I-79 to Virginia State Line ( July , 2006 ).