The new 125,000 square foot hospital would have been built along Interstate 79.

Hospital President and C-E-O David Shaffer says the hospital withdrew its letter of intent this week.

. The letter was the first step in the Health Care Authority's Certificate of Need process.

Stonewall Jackson is facing to large hospitals who want to built along the I-79 corridor, Fairmont General and United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. WVU hospitals also wants to expand beds.

The Weston hospital serves a rural area reaching into Gilmer County, and has linkages for support services with Minnie Hamilton Healthcare Center in Grantsville.

Shaffer says this may not be the right time to build a new hospital, considering the state's economic difficulties, but they could reapply later. .