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April 24, 1973 caused by said utilities, the City of Portsmouth hereby agrees to be responsible for said claims, provided it may legally do so and further provided that the City is advised in writing by the State Highway Department at the time of delay that the road contractor intends to file a claim." Ayes: Holley, Johnson, King, Smith, Wentz, Barnes Nays: None 75-145 "I submit the attached resolution and recommend itS~adoption~ This is the resolution requested by City Council opposing the severance of Route 17 due to the construction of Interstate 664 and the Belleville Connector in Churchland. This resolution is to be forwarded to the State Highway Commission and members of Portsmouth's General Assembly delegation. The following letter was received f~Om'Plannimg_Commission: F a "As per your ~ishes expressed on 2 1973, this Commission and its advisors confe~m~ithfo ~%~igR,~ays'on .9~Ap~iI 1973 concern- ing p~$~B42~f December 1972. This Commission from discussion and research has begun to sense a potential hard- ship for commerce along U.S. Route 17 from the Beltway to Churchland High School if design of corridor H-1 does not provide adequately for traffic interchange between the business highway and the~Western Freeway. Consultants provide a conservative minimum estimate for 1995 of 16,600 vehicles per day on Route 17 at Fores Haven Lane if H-1 corridor design materialized. (For comparative purposes U.S. Route 17 east of Tyre Neck Road carries 18,000 ~ehicles per day.) Moreover, 52,000 vehicles would utilize the Western Freeway at a point just north of Forest Haven Lane. Since this business strip along Route 17 will generate considerable local traffic not factored in the traffic pro- jection, this Commission questions action to divert arterial flows onto Route 17 east of the Beltway. This Commission is awed by complexity of design considerations for interchanging traffic among 1-664, the Beltway, the~Western Freeway, Route 13S and U.S. 17 and again congratulates the State Highway Department on its 1-664 efforts to-date. This Commission has learned that the Virginia Highway Coramission will be holding its next regular meeting in Natural Bridge on 26 April 1975 and will in all liklihood endorse corridor "H-i" for 1-664. This:~Commission recommends that City Council request the State Highway Commission on April Z6th to move immediately into a~detailed consideration of pages 342-4 of its 1-664 repert where now the only problem south of Hampton Roads seems to remain unre- solved.'' The following ~eq~est to speak~ was received:from Thomas D. Blanchard, Jr., Executive Secretary, Community Action In~orporated~ "This is to request that permission be granted to a representative of Community Action, Inc. to speak at the April 24, 1973 session of Portsmouth City Council. We wish to speak with regard to the proposed resolution to be forwarded to the Virginia Department of Highways regarding the alle~6severance of U.S. route 17 in the 1-664, Corridor H-1 proposal." Mr. Blanchard spoke. (See Exhibit 73-15S) On motion of Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. F~mith, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH TO A PROPOSED INTERRUPTION OF ROUTE 17 WHERE IT MEETS THE INTERCHANGE WITH THE PROPOSED INTERSTATE 664 AT THE BELLEVILLE CONNECTOR IN CIf0RCHLAND. ~HEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth held an advertised public hearing on April 9, 197~, concerning, among other items, amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, one of these amendments to the Comprehensive Plan proposes a designed interruption or dead-ending of Route 17 where it meets the interchange of the proposed Interstate 664 at the Belleville Connector in Churchland; and ~rHEREAS, such proposal was derived from a study entitled "I-664 Corridor Location Study", prepared by McGaughy, Marshall and McMillan - Sverdrup and Parcel, and specifical page 342 thereof; and ~fiqEREAS, many citizens of Portsmouth are adamantly opposed to any interruption or dead-ending of Route 17 at such location; and hrflEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has determined that it would not be in the best interest of the City of Portsmouth to so interrupt Route 17 at the aforesaid location. Y