Federal Highway Administrations Tier One study Letter

May 30^th, 2007

Greg Bailey

Director Engineering Division

WV DOT, Div. of Highways

1900 Kanawha Blvd East

Building 5, Room A-317

Charleston, WV 25305-0430

Dear Mr. Bailey,

This letter is to confirm that the US 50 Association wishes to be a participating agency with the Federal Highway Administrations Tier One study of the NHS, US 220, North-South Corridor.

Thank You,

Gary Howell

Secretary, US 50 Assoc.

Super-2 Letter

May 17, 2006

US 50 Association

Stephen Smoot

335 D. St

Keyser, WV 26726

Sen. Barbara Mikulski

503 Hart Senate OB

Washington, D.C. 20510

The Appalachian Development Highway System, Super 2 concept, represents a compromise that improves important regional highways without proposing a more expensive limited access four lane expressways. A Super 2 highway builds an ordinary two-lane artery into one capable of safe sixty-five mile per hour traffic. Please find enclosed specifications.

With respect to Corridor H emerging as a reality, four-lane status for US 50 in this region may be unrealistic at this time. However, the population growth along this route demands improvements to facilitate individual and commercial traffic access.

A growing population and business community requires a modern highway that can facilitate safe travel in all seasons. Waiting until problems grow acute will not help development along the US 50 corridor. Super 2 is the right answer, right now. Please consider working with your Congressional colleagues along US 50 in creating a bill to make the Super-2 concept part of the ADHS system to fill in the gaps left in the current 4-lane ADHS.

Thank You

Stephen Smoot Les Shoemaker

Potomac State College March Meeting Host
Mineral County Hampshire County

Cc: Rep Alan Mollohan, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Frank Wolf, Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Sen. George Allen, Sen. John Warner, Sen. Robert Byrd,

US 220 Request Letter

April 19, 2006

To: WV Department of Highways & MD State Highway Administration

After discussion at the March 15^th meeting in Hampshire County the US 50 Association representing Frederick County, VA, Garrett County, MD, Hampshire, Mineral, Grant, Taylor, and Preston Counties in West Virginia request that the US 220 North-South Corridor follow the existing US 220 route.

US 220 multiplexes with US 50 from Junction in Hampshire County, WV west to near New Creek in Mineral County, WV and this would allow a 10 mile section of US 50 to be upgraded into 4-lane. The association believes that this will best serve the communities involved by improving safety and commerce along US 50.

Gary Howell Les Shoemaker
Mineral County Planning Commission Hampshire County Commission
March meeting facilitator March meeting host