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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PORTSMOUTH DELEGATION TO THE <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA TO SPONSOR SUCH LEGISLATION AS <br />MAY BE NECESSARY TO DESIGNATE THE RELOCATION OF THE NORFOLK <br />SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE CHURCHLAND AREA OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH INTO 1-664 AND THE WESTERN FREEWAY AS A PRIORITY <br />PROJECT; TO DIRECT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br />TO SEEK FUNDING FOR SUCH RELOCATION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT <br />OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND <br />UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT; REQUESTING SENATOR JOHN <br />WARNER, SENATOR PAUL TRIBLE AND CONGRESSMAN NORMAN SISISKY TO <br />TAKE SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST <br />FOR FUNDING OF THE RELOCATION OF THIS RAILROAD. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />has previously expressed its concerns pertaining to the <br />relocation of the Norfolk Southern Railroad in the Churchland <br />area of the City of Portsmouth into 1-664 and the Western <br />Freeway in order to provide for safer vehicular traffic in the <br />City and to provide adequate rail access to undeveloped <br />industrial property in the City; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, 1-664 and the Western Freeway have been <br />designed to accommodate the relocation of said railroad within <br />the right-of-way of these highways; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the relocation of said railroad during <br />construction of 1-664 and the Western Freeway would result in <br />substantial savings in the cost of such relocation; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, funds may be made available to the Commonwealth <br />of Virginia pursuant to the Surface Transportation and Uniform <br />Relocation Assistance Act administered by the United States <br />Department of Transportation. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Portsmouth delegation to the <br />General Assembly of Virginia be, and they hereby are, <br />requested to sponsor such legislation as may be necessary to <br />designate the relocation of the Norfolk Southern Railroad in <br />the Churchland area of the City of Portsmouth into 1-664 and <br />the Western Freeway as a priority project. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Portsmouth delegation to <br />the General Assembly of Virginia be, and they hereby are, <br />requested to sponsor such legislation as may be necessary to <br />direct the Virginia Department of Transportation to seek <br />funding for such relocation of the railroad from the U.S. <br />Department of Transportation through the Surface <br />Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act or such <br />other Federal funding as may be available. <br /> <br /> <br />