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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1377 ResolutionAT ells, City Clerk E A Snider, Mayor Pro Tern APEROVED AS TO FORM RESOLUTION NO. 137/7 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Pasco expressing the strong interest of the City for an expeditious completion of the Interstate 1-182 Bridge across the Columbia River. WHEREAS, there is an acknowledged deficiency in modern divided highways serving the Pasco/Kennewick/Richland metropolitan area, and WHEREAS, numerous delays over the years have held up the construction of an adequate freeway system for the Tn.-Cities, and WHEREAS, additional delays are intolerable and cannot be rationalized or defended in view of the urgent need for these facilities in light of the rapid growth of the area; and WHEREAS, the inefficient and ineffective transportation system serving the Tn-Cities is completely out of touch with the enormous impact the Tn.-Cities has on the state and regional economies; and WHEREAS, a regionally significant Energy Fair '83 is to be conducted and staged in the Tn-Cities in 1983, which fair requires the expeditious completion of highway facilities in the Tn-Cities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO- Section 1. The Washington State Department of Transportation, through the affirmative action of its Transportation Commission, is requested to make a clear commitment to seek every possible ways and means of completing the 1-182 spur and 1-82 segments in the Tn-Cities before the staging of Energy Fair '83. Section 2. The Washington State Department of Transportation is requested to commit funds immediately to permit the construction of the Columbia River Bridge for the 1-182 spur and to do so in the soonest possible time, because this bridge is the key element for the 1-182 segment. A delay to Spring of 1981 for the release of funding for this bridge is not acceptable and a call for bids for the 1-182 bridge in the Fall of 1980 is demanded. Section 3. The federal fiscal 1981 budget, through the Federal Highway Administration, has released ample funding for the Columbia River Bridge and all that is required now is a commitment by the Commission and the Department to give this project the priority it deserves in order to get it going to bid no later than the end of 1980 so that at least one of the spans can be available for use in late 1982. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 20 day of October , 1980. De nis J. De F lice, City Attorney