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A RESOLUTION b~GING TB]E ELIZ~ Fil~V-~R TL~!EL <br />COi~tISSION TO P~MIT CERTAI]q COLLEG~ STUDF~I~IS <br />FRE~ PASSAGE %gZROUGH ITS TU~S. <br /> <br /> ~Yr~ZREAS~ the provision of higher education to young people of <br />the United States is a necessity vital to the continued grov~h and welfare <br />o£ Soci~ty~ and <br /> <br /> ~EREAS, the cost of such education should be minim~a! to the <br />students concerned in order that as m~ny of the qualified ones as possible <br />can ts~e maximum advantsge of educatior~l opportoamities, <br /> <br /> ~,~%REAW S, yo~ung people of the Portsmouth, Chesapeake-Nanse.~nd <br />area attending colleges located in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach s_~ea, o=nlike <br />students ~om tb~t area, are unduly per~.lized by the necessity of having <br />~o pay t~o~n~ael tolls each day in journeying to ~nd from the said colleges, <br />and <br /> <br /> ~AS, this is an exvra financial b~den ~ch should be <br /> lifted and which can by ].s~~ be ~ived by the Elizabeth River T~unnel <br /> Co.mission if it so desires, and <br /> <br /> ~I~RF~&S, the General Ass~nbly of Virginia in the 1968 session <br /> just ended m~de it ab~n. dantly clear by resolution that it was most <br /> desirable tb~t such ~olls be ~i~ed for said students. <br /> NOW, ~r~P~EFORE, BE IT .RESOL\~ that ~he Council of the City of <br /> Ports~aouth, Virginia, o~ges the Elizabeth River To. riel Coro~ission to act <br /> expeditiously to pe~rit college stuUents attending colleges located in <br /> the Norfolk-Virgihia Beach ~ea travelirg between their homes s~n~ colleges <br /> a free passage t~hro'0~a its tunnels. <br /> Adopted by zhe Council of the City of Portamouth, Vi~ginia~ at <br /> a meeting held April 9~ 1968. <br /> <br /> <br />