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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SDHPT PLANS TO RECONSTRUCT
IH 30/IH 35W INTERCHANGE AHD REALIGN IH 30
A Resolution ~~o~~oN No. ~~~'~
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth recognizes the need to improve its 1950's
vintage thoroughfare system which does not have sufficient traffic capacity
to carry present and predicted vehicle flow and does not incorporate
presently acceptable highway safety standards; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth believes that construction of an adequate
and appropriately designed system of freeways is necessary to assure the
continual economic growth and development of the Fort Worth central city
area; and,
WHEREAS, vital elements in the freeway system are the junction of IH 30 and
IH 35W, known as the "Mixmaster", and the section of IH 30 through the City
of Fort Worth's Central Business District, known as the "Overhead'; and,
WHEREAS, the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation has
recognized the need to improve the aforementioned vital elements, including
the realignment of IH 30_from its present "Overhead" location to a location
between Vickery Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railroad (the "Vickery
Alignment"); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth believes that there is an overriding public
need to proceed with construction of the IH 30JIH 35W interchange and the
realigned IH 30 connection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the City of Fort Worth supports the
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation's plans to
reconstruct `the IH 30/IH 35W interchange and to relocate IH 30 from its
present "Overhead" location to the proposed "Vickery Alignment"; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City of Fort Worth urges the State
Department of Highways and Public Transportation to proceed with final
design and begin construction of the aforementioned improvements with all
due haste.
APPRDVED 8Y
CITY COl1NCIL
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