Res 701 4/10/1967RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, by unanimous vote, the Board of Aldermen of
the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, passed and approved Resolu-
tion No. 643 on May 23, 1966, which Resolution requested the
State Highway Commission to designate as a part of the State
highway system a route in the vicinity of the existing Kell
Boulevard between U.S. 287 Expressway and U.S. Highway 82-277 ;
and,
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls officially pre-
sented their request in Resolution No. 643 to the State High-
way Commission in regular meeting on June 9, 1966; and,
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission tendered Minute
Order No. 58021, dated June 30, 1966, in which the State High-
way Department proposed to designate the above described sec-
tion along or near Kell Boulevard as the future route of U.S .
Highways 82 and 277 and to participate in the purchase of
right-of-way and provide for its ultimate construction as an
expressway facility, all in accordance with existing laws and
policies of the State Highway Department, provided that the
city would participate in the purchase of right-of-way and
such items of construction required by Departmental policies
for municipal projects and to accept a portion of the present
location of U.S. Highways 82 and 277 into the city street
system for maintenance; and,
WHEREAS, by unanimous vote, the Board of Aldermen
passed and approved Resolution No. 652 on July 18, 1966, which
Resolution accepted the provisions of Texas Highway Department
Minute Order No. 58021; and,
WHEREAS, traffic assignments of the projected 1985
traffic in the Wichita Falls Urban Transportation Plan indicate
a volume of approximately 40, 200 vehicles per day of freeway
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traffic east of the U.S . 287 Expressway; a volume of approx-
imately 10, 500 vehicles per day on an extension of the pro-
posed facility east of the Central Business District; a volume
of approximately 7, 200 vehicles per day crossing the Fort Worth
and Denver and M-K-T Railroad and intersecting State Highway
240 ; and approximately 10, 400 vehicles per day on State Highway
240 at its intersection with the proposed extension of the pro-
posed facility; and,
WHEREAS, there is no existing designated highway route
whereby traffic can move from the northeastern area of the city
to the proposed interchange between U.S. Highway 277-82 and
U.S . Highway 287-281; and,
WHEREAS, there is no existing designated highway route
that can serve to move traffic from State Highway 240 to the
Interchange of U.S. Highways 82-277-281 and 287 .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
The Texas Highway Department be requested to designate
a connecting facility between the eastern terminus of the pro-
posed U.S. 82-277 Expressway and State Highway 240, and to
participate in the construction thereof. The Board of Aldermen
pledges its support for this project and its willingness to
attempt to secure the necessary funds for local participation.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 10th day of April, 1967 .
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