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RESOLUTION NO. 2302
A RESOLUTION urging the state legislature allocate funds for improvement
of state highways in the vicinity of Pasco, Washington
WHEREAS , State highways in the vicinity of the City of Pasco, Washington are
vital to local, intrastate and interstate commerce, and
WHEREAS, State Highway 395 is of particular importance to the City and to
the state, due to its status as the major North-South highway East of the Cascade
Mountains, and due to its status as a major truck route pursuant to the North
American Free Trade Agreement, and
WHEREAS, State Highway 395 is as important to this region as Interstate 5 is
to the region West of the Cascade Mountains, and
WHEREAS, state highway maintenance, repair and improvement have been
funded, in part, by the state fuel tax, and
WHEREAS, state fuel tax funds available for such maintenance, repair and
improvement have been steadily declining due to increased automobile fuel efficiency,
and the value of such funds have been decreasing due to inflation, and
WHEREAS, the decrease in available funds has resulted in reduced
maintenance, repair and improvement of state highways in the vicinity of the City,
and
WHEREAS, such reduced maintenance and repair has caused significant
highway deterioration, and such reduced highway improvement has caused public
inconvenience and significant roadway hazards to both local and non-local motorists
alike,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 That the City of Pasco hereby requests that the legislature allocate
sufficient funds to carry out necessary highway maintenance, repair and
improvement, in the vicinity of the City, because such projects will greatly improve
public safety and will maintain economic vitality
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Section 2. In the event that available funding is not sufficient to undertake
such maintenance, repair and improvement, then the City of Pasco hereby urges the
legislature increase the state fuel tax in an amount sufficient to carry out needed
highway improvements
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco at a regular meeting this
Ii th day of March, 1997
ATTEST.
Catherine D Seaman, Deputy City Clerk
Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney
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