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R-97-44 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE <br />CLIFFORD STREET BRIDGE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of Portsmouth, Virginia, desires <br />that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) establish <br />a project for the removal and replacement of the Clifford Street <br />Bridge; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to VDOT construction allocation <br />procedures, a resolution must be adopted by the governing body <br />requesting that VDOT program an urban highway project and <br />agreeing to reimburse VDOT for its total costs should the City <br />elect to cancel the project. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, hereby requests that the <br />above-described project for the replacement of the Clifford <br />Street Bridge be programmed by the Virginia Department of <br />Transportation as an urban highway project. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth hereby agrees to pay its share, of the total cost for <br />preliminary engineering, right of way acquisition and <br />construction of this project in accordance with Section 33.1-44 <br />of the Code of Virginia; and that, if the City of Portsmouth <br />subsequently elects to cancel this project, the City of <br />Portsmouth hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of <br />Transportation for the total amount of the costs expended by the <br />Departmenn through the date the Department is notified of such <br />cancellation, if such reimbursement is not waived by the <br />Commonwealth Transportation Board. <br /> <br /> Adopted by uhe Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />at a meeting held on September 23, 1997. <br /> <br /> Teste: <br /> <br /> <br /> City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />