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16 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGR~AYS AND TRANS- <br />PORTATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO CONTINUE CON- <br />STRUCTION OF THE 1-664 PROJECT CONNECTING CHESAPEAKE AND <br />NEWPORT NEWS; REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE WESTERN FREEWAY. <br /> <br /> W~EREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />has previously expressed its support for the completion of <br />construction of the 1-664 Project to connect Chesapeake and <br />Newport News as a high priority project of the Department of <br />Highways and Transportation of the Commonwealth of Virginia; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS~ the Council of the City of Portsmouth is of <br />the opinion that completion of the 1-664 Project is vital <br />to the transportation needs of the citizens on the north <br />and south sides of Hampton Roads; and <br /> ~HEREAS, com~!etion of the t-664 Project would provide <br /> a western terminus for the proposed Western Freeway which <br /> this Council has continually supported as a priority pro- <br /> ject in connection with future development in the City of <br /> Por~sm. ou'th. <br /> <br /> ~O~i, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the <br /> City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Department of Highways <br /> And Transportation of the Commonwealth of Virginia is hereby <br /> requested-to continue the construction of the !-664 Project <br /> connecting Chesapeake and Newport News. <br /> <br /> BE I~ FURTHER RESOLVED that this Council hereby reaffirms <br /> its support for construction of the Western Freeway through <br /> the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Council hereby calls <br /> upon the City Co~ncits of the City of Chesapeake, Suffolk, <br /> Newport News and Hampton to adopt similar resolutions request- <br /> ing the continuance of the construction of the 1-664 Project. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she <br /> hereby is, authorized to forward copies of this Resolution to <br /> the Mayors and City Councils of the cities of Chesapeake, <br /> Suffolk, Newport News and Hampton. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br /> at a meeting held February 10, 1981. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />