§17-16A-5 Definitions.
§17-16A-5. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:
(a) The words "parkways authority" mean the West Virginia parkways, economic development and tourism authority created by section three of this article, or if said parkways authority shall be abolished, the board, body, commission or authority succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this article to the parkways authority shall be given by law.
(b) The words "parkway project" mean any expressway, turnpike, trunkline, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road which the parkways authority may at any time determine to construct, reconstruct, maintain, improve or repair under the provisions of this article, or any expressway, turnpike or other road constructed by the West Virginia turnpike commission pursuant to the authority granted to it under the laws of this state prior to the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, and shall embrace all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service stations and administration, storage and other buildings, which the parkways authority may deem necessary for the operation of the parkway project, or which is used in the operation of a parkway project constructed prior to the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the parkways authority for the construction or the operation of the parkway project or which were acquired in connection with or are used in the operation of a parkway project constructed prior to the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine.
(c) The words "tourism project" mean (i) any park or tourist facility and attraction which the parkways authority may at any time determine to create, develop, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain or repair under the provisions of this article, and shall embrace all roads, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, services stations, administration, storage and any other buildings or service stations, structures which the parkways authority may deem necessary for the operation of the tourism project, together with all property rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the parkways authority for the construction or operation of the tourism project; and (ii) the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance and repair of any park or tourist facility and attraction owned by the state as of the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine.
(d) The words "economic development project" mean any land or water site, structure, facility or equipment which the parkways authority may at any time determine to acquire, create, develop, construct, reconstruct, improve or repair under the provisions of this article to promote the agricultural, economic or industrial development of the state, together with all property rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the parkways authority for the development, construction or operation of such project.
(e) The words "project" or "projects" mean a parkway project, economic development project or tourism project, or any combination thereof.
(f) The words "transportation secretary" mean the secretary of the state department of transportation.
(g) The words "West Virginia turnpike commission" mean the state turnpike commission existing as of the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine.
(h) The words "tourist facility and attraction" mean cabins, lodges, recreational facilities, restaurants, and other revenue producing facilities, any land or water site, and any information center, visitors' center or rest stop which the parkways authority determines may improve, enhance or contribute to the development of the tourism industry in the state.
(i) The word "turnpike" means the West Virginia Turnpike or any other toll road in the state.
(j) The word "expressway" means any road serving major intrastate and interstate travel, including federal interstate routes.
(k) The word "trunkline" means any road serving major city to city travel.
(l) The words "feeder roads" mean any road serving community to community travel or collects and feeds traffic to an expressway or turnpike.
(m) The words "local service road" mean any local arterialized and spur roads which provide land access and socioeconomic benefits to abutting properties.
(n) The words "park and forest roads" mean any road serving travel within state parks, state forests and public hunting and fishing areas.
(o) The word "cost" as applied to any project, including without limitation the West Virginia Turnpike in sections eleven and twenty-two of this article, embraces the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, improvement, repair and operation of the project, the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by the parkways authority for such construction, reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and repair, the cost of all machinery, equipment, material and labor which are deemed essential thereto, the cost of improvements, the cost of financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction, the cost of traffic estimates and of engineering, consultant, accounting, architects', trustees' and legal fees and expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other costs and expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any such project, administrative expenses and such other costs and expenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction and the placing of the project in operation or to the operation of the project. Any obligation or expense hereafter incurred by the commissioner of the department of highways with the approval of the parkways authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering and consulting services in connection with the construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed to the state out of the proceeds of parkway revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds hereinafter authorized.
(p) The word "owner" includes all individuals, copartnerships, associations or corporations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements and interests authorized to be acquired by this article.
(q) The words "West Virginia Turnpike" mean the turnpike from Charleston to a point approximately one mile south of the intersection of Interstate 77 and U. S. Route 460 near Princeton in Mercer County, West Virginia, which road is presently a part of the federal interstate highway system.