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R-02-03 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE <br />IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEE AVENUE RAILROAD CROSSING 0.07 MILES SOUTH <br />OF CLEVELAND STREET. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in accordance with Virginia Department of Transportation construction <br />allocation procedures, it is necessary that a request by Council resolution be made in order that the <br />Department program an urban highway project in the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia. that it hereby requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to establish a project <br />for the improvement of the Lee Avenue railroad crossing, 0.07 miles south of Cleveland Street. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Portsmouth hereby agrees <br />to pay its share (10%) of the total cost for preliminary engineering, right-of-way and construction <br />of this project in accordance with Section 33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, <br />and that, if the City of Portsmouth subsequently elects to cancel this project, the City of <br />Portsmouth hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total <br />mount of the costs expended by the Department through the date the Department is notified of <br />such cancellation. <br /> <br /> ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on <br />January 8, 2002. <br /> <br /> Teste: <br /> <br /> City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />