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133 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO PROCEED WITH ALLOCATION OF FUNDING, DESIGN <br />AND CONSTRUCTION OF TURNPIKE ROAD FROM AIRLINE BOULEVARD TO <br />COUNTY STREET UPGRADE TO FOUR LANES UNDIVIDED AS AN URBAN <br />ROAD PROJECT. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by agreement dated November 14, 1986, between <br />the City of Portsmouth and the Commonwealth of Virginia, <br />Department of Transportation, certain urban road projects <br />were designated for funding, design and construction within <br />the next five years; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation <br />agreed, as provided by law and Board policy, to allocate <br />available urban highway funds for said pro]ects; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this Council deems it to be in the best <br />interest of the City to proceed immediately with the <br />Turnpike Road Project. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virglnla, that the Virginia Department of <br />Transportation De, and it hereby is, requested to proceed <br />with allocation of funding, design and construction of <br />Turnpike Road from Airline Boulevard to County Street upgrade <br />to four lanes undivided as an urban road project, a distance <br />of approximately 2.0 miles. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of <br />Portsmout~ hereby agrees to p~y its share of the total cost <br />for preliminary engineerIng, r~ght-of-way and construction of <br />this project in accordance with Section 33.1-44, Code of <br />Virginia, and that if the City subsequently decides to cancel <br />such construction after the Department has initiated the <br />project, the City agrees to reimburse the Department the <br />total amount of the costs expended by the Department through <br />the date the Department is notified of such cancellation, and <br />provided further that the Transportation Commission shall <br />have authority to waive all or any portion of such <br />reimbursement at its discretion. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />VirgInia, at a meeting held December 9, 1986. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />