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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO <br />PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ~CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC <br />LANES ON THE CHURCHLAND BRIDGE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 1985 Major Thoroughfare Plan re- <br />commended by the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning <br />Commission for the Southeastern Virginia Region proposes <br />major street improvements to West High Street from Church- <br />land Boulevard to the Churchland Bridge; and <br /> <br />tends <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />to complete this project utilizing its own resources; <br /> <br /> ~'~EREAS, traffic overload on the Churchland <br />Bridge is becoming critical and will jeopardize the effect- <br />iveness of the major improvements to Wes% }~i~h Street~ <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of <br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it urgently requests <br />that the State Highway Department divert, for the purpose of <br />constructing additional traffic lanes on the Churchland <br />Bridge, all funds that would have been allocated for major <br />improvements to West High Street and that the Sta~e High- <br />way D~partment, in consideration of the safety of the <br />citizens of the 'City of Portsmouth and of the Commonwealth, <br />establish a high priorty for the completion of the Church- <br />land Bridge project. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held May 23, 1972. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />