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Last updated: April 25, 2004
Attend a NRPA Meeting and Speak Against The Current Plan --
You can also attend a NRPA Meeting and voice your support for open, honest, information sharing with the public. Help us ensure the Parkway is built and managed as stated in the Record of Decision.
Financial Support --
If you are interested in providing financial support for our cause, we may soon be need lawyers to help defend ourselves. Ms. Ann Roach may be able to identify an appropriate way for you to help defray the costs of legal defense.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP:
Legal Support --
If you are a lawyer or know of a lawyer who would be interested in donating legal services to "New River Friends," please Contact Us.Write a Letter to Your Editor:
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HINTON DAILY NEWS , 210 2ND AVE HINTON WV 25951-2404 , 304-466-0005 |
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CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL, c/o CHARLESTON NEWSPAPERS , 1001 VIRGINIA ST E CHARLESTON WV 25301-2895 , 304-348-5140 |
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HERALD DISPATCH , 946 5TH AVE HUNTINGTON WV 25701-2004 , 304-526-4000 |
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PRINCETON TIMES , 109 THORN ST PRINCETON WV 24740-3561 , 304-425-8191 |
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STATE JOURNAL , 904 VIRGINIA ST E CHARLESTON WV 25301-2815 , 304-344-1630 |
Make Sure Environmental Studies cited in planning are actually done in the Project Area -
Write to the Secretary of the Department of highways, tell them that in their plans they should be citing environmental studies actually done in the project area (they are not!).
Fred VanKirk, P.E.
Secretary/Highways Commissioner
WVDOT Division of Highways
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East-Bldng 5 Room 110
Charleston, WV 25305-0430 commissioner@dot.state.wv.us
Contact Your Elected Leaders -
Please help us in our fight to preserve the way of life in the New River Valley and to protect the rights of and value of private property owners. The current Parkway plan is wrong for West Virginia, wrong for taxpayers, and will set a horrible precedent for property owners elsewhere in our beloved Nation. We need a New River Parkway that is truly for the good of everyone. The current parkway plan and project does not meet this standard.
To help us, write or call your elected leaders. This includes your U. S. Senators or U.S. Congress Representative. Tell them not to lend support for the New River Parkway project as long the program plan is to forcibly remove the people from the Valley. Tell them the current plan is unacceptable. Tell them you expect them to vote to protect the rights and interests of all people in the valley.
In West Virginia, the following people are our elected leaders (Make sure to include your name and complete postal mailing address on all correspondence):
Representative Nick J. Rahall, II - (3rd District)
2307 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3452
(202) 225-9061(fax)
NRAHALL@mail.house.gov
Representative Shelley Moore Capito - (2nd District)
1431 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-2711
Representative Alan Mollohan - (1st District)
2346 Rayburn House Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4172
U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd
311 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3954
senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov
U.S. Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV
531 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
(202) 224-7665 (fax)
senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
(please be sure to include your full name and mailing address)
Local Offices:
207 West Prince Street Beckley, WV 25801 (304) 253-9704
(304) 253-2578 (fax# Beckley Office)
(304) 347-5371 (fax #Charleston Office)
Office of the Governor
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, W.Va. 25305
Toll free: 1-888-438-2731
(304) 558-2000
(304)342-7025 (fax)
governor@governor.state.wv.us
If you live in West Virginia, also consider contacting your West Virginia State Senator or West Virginia State Delegate .
OTHER LETTERS:
Also, consider writing a letter to your local newspaper editor.
Write to the New River Parkway Authority: 95 Union Street, Hinton, WV 25951. Phone/Fax 304-466-0000. Their e-mail address is: nrpa@cwv.net .
Tell The WVDOH Planners Not To Trample on our Liberties -
We strongly request that you help us preserve our way of life, family, and and private property rights along the New River. Please let the West Virginia Dept. of Highways; (WVDOH) know that their plan and implementation of the Parkway must be open, complete, honest, in plain English and must protect the people of the valley;
Mr. James Sothen, Director Engineering Division Division of Highways Capitol Complex Building 5 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, WV 25305-0430
