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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1604 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO 1604 A RESOLUTION of the City Council expressing concern about certain design provisions relating to the Improvement of SR-12 north of Snake River Bridge WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation has recently let a contract foi improving State Route 12 from its intersection with Lewis Street to the Snake River Bridge, and WHEREAS, the City of Pasco, through its City Engineer, was not given an opportunity to review and discuss the design features of this improvement before it went to bid, and WHEREAS, the improvement, as now being constructed, raises concern because of design inadequacies, to wit, the median strip is designed to be only 76 feet in width, yet tractor/trailer combina- tions up to 80 feet in length are now permitted, thus creating an accident potential when rigs of this length are situated in the holding or standing area traversing the median strip and, further, there is no acceleration lane on SR-12, south of the Lewis Street intersection, thus causing another accident potential for those trucks turning right on to SR-12 from a dead stop and into a travel lane of the freeway with speeding traffic up to 55 miles per hour, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO RESOLVE, AS FOLLOWS Section 1 To go on record expressing concern because the City was not given an opportunity to review and comment on the design plans and drawings before the State went to bid on the project Section 2 To express reservations about the adequacy of the design cow being effectuated by construction as to the width of the median and as to the lack of a tapered acceleration lane on SR-12 south of the Lewis Street intersection Section 3 To request the Washington State Department of Transportation in the future to consult with the City, through the City Engineer, on proposed plans for improving State routes which are in or adjacent to the city limits of Pasco PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 19 day of September , 1983 Rubstello, City Attorney A?'Ri ED AS TO FO LImAiii Ai UR AA° 111 n, L. I ell -, \ 7 0 cl -)4 -20 , 70 / \ ?13 L 00, n , oh-1 v c-.2 e fl < S C C ',HI 23_4 ,j ' < ' , alli•n••n>, -7- .1r1IMINgnillaf rocloalaStarre lf."SINA.MialefeRpor.naMslasmateasea se•mor 21 , I l',--------1 -- ----- C- __--, . el7WOCI..0.16C.....AIINCK.0.230411 1.0.0.7C 011 $1"11.016,02, I-- L. 1'.:. s "'Cc ' n __— —_— — — — pi (1 C' 0 C . \ \ ^ ---,,,, "LOd cg +CI - 0 d L L+ L -t7L t ) C71 \ I _ Lor4