HomeMy WebLinkAbout2213 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO 2213
A RESOLUTION concerning speed limits on a portion of SR395, north
of 1-182
WHEREAS, the City and the Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT) both recognize the need to improve the
SR395/Hillsboro Street and SR395/Foster Wells Road intersections for
improved highway safety, and
WHEREAS, the Benton-Franklin Governmental Conference published
the SR12/5R395 Corridor Study prepared by W and H Pacific in May 1991,
and
WHEREAS, Corridor Study identified several Interchange options for
the SR395/Hillsboro and SR395/Foster Wells Road intersections after which
there were numerous public meetings and opportunities for the public to
comment on the Corridor Study and the options for the interchanges, and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need for the improvements
identified in the 1991 Corridor Study and contracted with HDR Engineering,
Inc. in March 1995 to prepare a Scoping Study for an interchange at
SR395/Hillsboro Street, and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the funding to construct interchanges
at SR395/Hillsboro Street and SR395/Foster Wells Road is not available and
the construction of the interchange will be several years in the future, and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need for interim solution to
improve the safety at SR395/Hillsboro Street and SR395/Foster Wells Road
and with due consideration for both the public safety and economic realities,
now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1 The Pasco City Council recommends to the Washington State
Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit to 45 mph
on 5R395 northerly from 1-182 to one-thousand (1,000) feet north
of Foster Wells Road
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Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at a regular meeting
this Q 4 day of 0 Vabex‘ , 1995
City of Pasco.
Attest
Approved As To Form:
Catherine D Seaman Leland B Kerr
Deputy City Clerk
Interim City Attorney
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