HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3393 - Support - State Trunk System - Highway Corridors - 06_14_1990Resolution # 3393
June 1.4, 1990
Item #26
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation is gathering input about the proposed Texas Highway Trunk
System as part of a long-range plan to develop a rural network of four -lane
or better divided roadways linking urban areas in the State of Texas, as
well as major ports and points of entry from surrounding states and Mexico;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock wholeheartedly and
enthusiastically supports the Texas Highway Trunk System and such long-range
planning in connection therewith, and desires to make such support known to
the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and as a
matter of public record desires to evidence the support of this City Council
for the Texas Highway Trunk System; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the City of Lubbock endorses, approves, and fully
supports the proposed Texas Highway Trunk System as shown on the map dated
May 1990, attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution as if fully
copied herein in detail in this place.
SECTION 2. THAT the City Council of the City of Lubbock recommends
that said map be amended to show the following additions as an integral part
of the proposed Texas Highway Trunk System: State Highway 114 from Lubbock
westward to the New Mexico State line; State Highway 114 from Jacksboro to
Dallas; and U.S. Highways 82 and 380 from Brownfield westward to the New
Mexico State line.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Council of the City of Lubbock pledges the
assistance of the City of Lubbock to pursue future expansions of the
Interstate Highway System in Texas.
SECTION 4. THAT the Director of Transportation of the City of Lubbock
is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution duly
certified to by the City Secretary to Mr. Robert Cuellar, Transportation and
Planning Division, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation,
in order to evidence the support of the proposed Texas Highway Trunk System
by the City of Lubbock unto the State of Texas as represented by its
Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
Passed by the City Council this I4th day of June 1990.
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TEXAS HIGHWAY TRUNK SYSTEM
Public Hearing Announcement
A public hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 20, 1990 to receive
public input on the selection of routes for the Texas Highway Trunk
System. This is a planned future 4-lane divided highway system for Texas.
Ten previous meetings on the proposed Trunk System were held around
Texas in the Fall of 1989. Based on the public input from these meetings
selection criteria were developed, refined and adopted. The map on the
reverse side of this announcement shows the Trunk System routes now
proposed for selection according to those criteria.
This hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 20, 1990 in
the Lyndon Baines Johnson Auditorium at 24th and Red River Streets in
Austin, Texas. Parking is available at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
with entrance from Red River Street. The auditorium is on the lowest
building level.
Sign -in will begin at 8:00 a.m. Speakers .will be taken. on a first come,
first serve basis and will be limited to 5 minutes each. Groups,
organizations, or associations should be represented by only one speaker.
Speakers are requested to refrain from repeating previously presented
testimony.
After this hearing, all comments will be analyzed; the final version of
the Trunk System will be developed and subsequently considered by the
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission for adoption.
If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you can participate
through written comments addressed to Mr. Robert Cuellar, Trans-
portation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051, Austin, Texas 78763-5051,
(512) 465-7466. In order to be considered, all comments must be received
on or before July 3, 1990.
MAY 1990