HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 062658H - Highway Department Requested To Widen/Improve HW U.S. 84 - 06/26/1958RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Highway NO)U•S• 84 thjruns thru the town of Lubbock and
constitutes one of its main streets and said Highway is paved InntZ Feet {?0�)
wide and
IrEMEAS, the traffic has increased ,to such an e:tent that the narrow pavement cre-
ates a hazard and inconvenience to the travelling public, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the City of Lubbock to
have the pavement widened to 4:0 feet between curbs,
from ft ue G - to Yenue Length � a2:�0 feed
from Avenue A to 50th Street Length 12,,000 feet
from to Length
14,260
a distance of VLM feet, and as it is understood that the State Highway Commission
will provide the widened pavement if the City will, build the curb and gutter.
NC4J, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Lubbock
in regular session this 26th day of June # 19'5 , that the
Highway Department is hereby requested to widen and improve Highway U S. 84 th St.),
as set out above. Ol—
The City of Lubbock will provide all necessary right-of-way clear of ob-
struction and free of property damage and will, provide for the immediate construc-
tion of continuous curb and gutter, utility adjustments, storm sewers# etc., all
as may be necessary for a complete project with the exception of pavement widening,
and wil1 assume responsibility for the construction of driveways and sidewalks
should they be deemed necessary now or in the future.
The Texas Highway Department, after the City had fulfilled its responsibilities,
will provide for pavement widening and its support within these limits.
It is understood that the responsibility of the Texas Highway Department is con-
fined to the pavement and its support and all other features necessary now or in
the future to provide an adequate travel facility shall be the responsibility of
the City of Lubbock ..
It is further agreed that the City of Lubbock will maintain that por-
tion of the work which is its construction responsibility and will pass such resol-
utions and ordinances in accordance with standard forms of the Highway Department
to indemnify the State during and after. construction against any and all liability
or damages growing out of such construction, to regulate traffic, to provide for
parallel parking and to prevent encroachment on the right-of-way. The City also
agrees to pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of the area between the curb and
the property line for the servicing of cars or trucks parked on the right-of-ways
and will make provision for the rearrangement of the driveways and location of
Filling Station Pumps or other obstructions to enable enforcement of this ordin-
ance.
110TION made by Commissioner Maxey seconded by Maner
AND upon vote same was unanimously carried.
STATE OF TEYJ:S
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
I, Lavenia Lowe - —,.City Secretary of the City of
Lubbock , Texas, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going is a true and correct copy of Resolution passes', by the City Council of the
City of Lubbock , Texas, on the 26th day of
June , A, D., 19 58 , as 'c: same appears on file
and of record in my office,
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the said City this tt.e 26th day of June
A. Da, 1938 _.
—i`ity euretarZ, Cit Of L bock,
Lubbock County, Texas.
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