Council hears second reading of ordinance to accept eight state right-of-way parcels

The Huntington City Council took up the second reading of Ordinance 2024-O-44 on Dec. 23, 2024, an ordinance that would authorize the city to accept eight right-of-way parcels from the West Virginia Division of Highways tied to the Halgura Boulevard realignment.

Scott Dammern, the city attorney, told the council the parcels are "located in the vicinity of Tenth Ave. and Charleston Ave." He added that the parcels shown on the map provided at the previous meeting "don't have any structures on them. They're either roadway or just right of way." Dammern said the parcels are reverting to the city now that the Halgura Boulevard project is nearing completion.

Council indicated the ordinance had previously been amended to accept eight rights-of-way instead of nine, and Chair called for a volunteer to move adoption. The ordinance was identified as sponsored by "Miss Rombaugh," and a council member volunteered to move adoption; no vote was recorded in the transcript provided.

The ordinance remains before council for formal action; staff previously provided a parcel map and details at the last meeting and committee handling was not described further in the transcript.