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70 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF <br />WEST NORFOLK ROAD FROM CHURCHLAND BOULEVARD TO CEDAR LANE AS A <br />TWO-LANE ROAD. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, desires <br />that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) establish <br />a project for the improvement of West Norfolk Road from <br />Churchland Boulevard to Cedar Lane as a two-lane road, a <br />distance of approximately 1.3 miles. <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 <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, hereby requests that the <br />above-described project for the improvement of West Norfolk <br />Road be programmed by the Virginia Department of Transportation <br />as an urban highway project. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council 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 <br />of Transportation for the total amount of the costs expended by <br />the Department through the date the Department is notified of <br />such cancellation, if reimbursement of such cost is not waived <br />by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br /> at a meeting held on October 9, 1995. <br /> <br /> Teste: <br /> <br /> <br /> City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />