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November 25, 1965 Street which comprise the so,called "CRAWFORD CRESCENT". The Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning , Commission appended to the plan, as presented, Page ll-A to clarify Figure 4 with reference to the overall street plan for Crawford Crescent. Relative to this Crawford Crescent appendage, the Commission questions the meaning of the three "as programmed" notations found on p. 170. Since 1962, the Portsmouth City Comprehensive Plan has called for eaten, ion of the Federal-State primary highway system to include Crawford Crescent, and the Commission reaffirms thatunrealized official objective. S. INTERSTATE 264-GREENWOOD DRIVE INTERCHANGE (Re: FIGURE 4, PAEE 11): This matter should be restudied early in the process of ¢ontinuing'transportatibn planning. Additional research will indicate the necessity for this relatively minor improvement. ~, ~UTURH TRAFFIC CORRIDOR - GREENWOOD DRIVH-HODGES FERRY ROAD OR ELN~URST LANE? (re: FIGURE 4, PAGEll): During the SoUtheastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission public hearihg, Architect Glenn Yates Submitted the Portsmouth City Planning Commission study titled "ELB~URST LANE SUBSTITUTION" dated March 1965 relative to the substitution of Elmhurst Lane for Hedges Ferry Road in proposals for extensive arterial improvement of Hedges FerrY,-ROad and Greenwood Drive. This subject should be restudied early in the process of continuiBg transportation planning. The Commission anpends a copy of the study to "CP-$-65~'. '~ ~ 7. "ARTERIAL ROUTES", FIGURE 4, PAGE I1: Wesley and Cleveland Streets between Broad Street and Harbor Drive should be shown as arterial routes. The following six street segments do not or will not fall into the classification of arterial streets: (a) South Street, east of Elm Avenue. (b) Court Street, London Street to Crawford Parkway (c) Washington Street, Lofiflon Street to Crawford Parkway (d) Washington Street, Portsmouth Boulevard to Downtown Tunnel (e) High Street, Washingzon Street to Effingham Street (f) A Street, west of Effingham Street 8. ARTERIAL ROUTE LINKING PORTS~DUTH BOULEVARD AND VI6?ORY BOULE~IJkRD: Statement p. 55: "An arterial extension was proposed in PortsmoBth between Portsmouth Boulevard (Virginia Route 337) and Airline Boulevard (U.S. Route 58) to link with Vigtory Boulevard. This route was also deleted due to relatively iow volume potential." In the process of continuing transportation plannings this matter should be restudied 'in the context of the mounting bottleneck at Alexander's Corner where increasing nortli-~outh, east-west traffic volumes at grade conflict. 9. JACKSON AVENUE AS SHOWN ON PAGE 46: Jackson Avenue should be upgraded to arterial standards along its relocated route for its entire length to Cleveland Street since it is the only route serving industrial Pinners Point. 10. ,MASS RAPID TRANSIT: Pages i~, 4 and 8 a~knowledge the need for mass rapid transit in 1980. These expressions are wholeheartedly endorsed. No tangible proposals are found in this transportation plan. Neither the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission nor Portsmouth. should lose sight of the need to develop specific plans for continuation and improvement of mass rapid transit wSich is so essent, ial-To the future of our metropolitan area. For lack of any specific proposal, the Commission appends to "SP-3-657 its "ELIZABETH RING MASS TRANSIT IDEA" of October 24, 1965, for study during the required continuing transportation planning process. 11. RESERVATIONS RELATIVE TO EXACT ALIGN~NTS PROPOSED: The Commission accepts the need for arterial system extension and modernization but fe~ls the fina'l alignments noted below may be altered slightly as a result of more detailed study: (i) Interchange of ~tropolitan Loop Freeway with Western Freeway; study should be given to feasibility of relocating interchange more westerly and southerly to avoid industrial area north of ~esley Street and east of Chautauqua Avenue. (b) Metropolitan Loop Freeway - Station 225 to Station 500; possible realignment of proposed route so that Freeway passes on Federal property to south of proposed alignment thus missing existiRg industries in path of proposed freeway." No one spoke in regard to the amendment. Motion of ~. Barnes to approve the Highway Transportation Plan, as recommended by the Planning Commission, was adopted, without dissenting vote, *Page 251 On motion of Mr. Eastes, the fe.lt6~g resolution was adopted, without dissenting vote% The following reports from the City Manager were read: 65-298 - "Bids were received on November 10, 1965, for additions and improvements to the Sewage Treatment Plant in Pinners Point. Two bids were received as follows: McElwee-Courbis Construction Co., Inc. Vanguard Construction Corp. $941,450 $919,405 The low bid is 16 per cent over the engineers' estimate, and they have recommended that these 5ids be rejected and the project readvertised. They further recommend that certain changes be made in the project which will not materially affect the performance and operation of the expanded plant, and also to increase t~e contract time for completion to 400 days. I condur in the engineers' recommendation, and also recommend that bids be received on January 19, 1966."