HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 052859A - Request To Widen And Improve Highway U.S. 84 - Highway Department - 05/28/1959RESOLUTION
052854 A
WHEREAS, Highway t1o. U.S. 84 runs thru the town of Lubbock and
constitutes one of its main streets and said Highway is paved 84
wide and.
IMEREAS� the traffic has increased to such an e:.tent that the narrow pavement cre-
ates a hazard and inconvenience to the travelling public, and
WHERE -AS, it is the desire of the City Council of the City of Lubbock to
have the pavement widened to 82 feet between curbs,
from 4th St. to I 9t 'St. Length 5300
from to Length
frgm to Length
a distance of feet, and as itis understood that the State Highway Commission
will provide the widened pavement iX the City will build the curb and gutter.
NOW, t = FORS, be
in regular session
Highway Department
as set out above,
it resolved by the City Council of -the City of Lubbock
this ___M _ day of May , 19 , that the
is hereby requested to widen and improve Highway U.S. 84
The City of Lubbock will, provide all neeessaxy right -of way clear of ob-
struction and free of property damage and wi.0 provide for- the immediate as
, utility adjustments, storm sewers, etc,,, all
as may be necessary for a complete project with the exception of pavement widening,
and will 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 encroa&ment 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-way,,
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.
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MOTION made by Maxey
AND upon vote same was unanimously carried.
STATE OF TEXILS
COMMY OF Lubbock
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seconded by Maner
is Laveaia 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 passed by the City Council of the
City of Lubbock , Texas, on the 28t day of
[Aar , A. D., 19 g , as the same appears on file
and of record in my office.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the said City this the 28th day of _M6 p
, A. D., 19 59
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