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R-96-10 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF <br />CEDAR LANE IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of Portsmouth, VirgInia desires <br />that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) establish <br />a project for the improvement of Cedar Lane from High Street <br />West to West Norfolk Road, a length of approximately 1.1 miles. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, per a resolution adopted by the City Council of <br />Portsmouth on November 14, 1986 plans to accomplish the <br />improvements for a four-lane road were presented at a public <br />hearing on October 19, 1993. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, as a result of this public hearing it was <br />mutually resolved between project residents and the City of <br />Portsmouth to reduce the scope and impact of the project on the <br />adjacent properties and neighborhoods. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, hereby requests the Virginia <br />Department of Transportation to modify the proposed four-lane <br />improvements as follows: <br /> <br />Reduce the overall project from four lanes to a three-lane <br />improvement - one lane each direction with a center turn <br />lane. <br /> <br />The roadway will be built within the existing right-of-way <br />on Cedar Lane. <br /> <br />There will be no sidewalks or bike lanes constructed on the <br />project. <br /> <br />The majority of the project will be designed and constructed <br />in order that the adjacent properties will drain to the new <br />roadway, thus eliminating parallel ditches. <br /> <br />To reduce the impact on adjacent properties, the project <br />will be constructed while permitting only one-way traffic <br />during the major portion of the project. <br /> <br />This shall be programmed with the above modifications by <br />VDOT as an Urban Highway Project. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth hereby agrees to pay its share of the total cost <br />for preliminary engineering, right-of-way acquisition and <br />construction of this project in accordance with Section <br />33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia; and that, if the City of <br />Portsmouth subsequently elects to cancel this project, the City <br />of Portsmouth hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia <br />Department of Transportation for the total amount of costs <br />expended by the Department through the date the Department is <br />notified of such <br /> <br /> <br />