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<br />. . <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 86- ~ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND <br />TRANSPORTATION TO WIDEN TO FOUR FOUR-LANE CURBS AND GUTTER THREE BLOCKS <br />OF LOOP 410 (BROADWAY); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Loop 410 (Broadway) is presently two-lane with <br />roadside ditches from Fairmont Parkway, to East "G" Street. North of <br />East "G" Street, Loop 410 (Broadway) is a major commercial thoroughfare <br />and is important to the citizens of La Porte. The two-lane segment is <br />in one of the City's busiest centers of commerce. <br /> <br />Section 2. In order to upgrade this section of Loop 410 <br />(Broadway) to match the traffic carrying capacity of the rest of Loop <br />410 (Broadway) north of Fairmont Parkway, approximately eighteen <br />hundred (1800) feet of new four-lane curb and gutter pavement will be <br />needed. Portions of the existing two-lane pavement may need to be <br />demolished or re-constructed and existing utility lines may need <br />adjustment as well. <br /> <br />Section i. Inasmuch as Loop 410 (Broadway) has been designated as <br />an important thoroughfare requiring special attention to landscaping <br />and pedestrian traffic in the City of La Porte's Comprehensive Plan and <br />construction plans should reflect this special attention; <br /> <br />Section 4. Inasmuch as improvements to this segment of Loop 410 <br />(Broadway) have been approved by the City's voters in the amount of <br />$749,000 in Capital Improvement Bonds; <br /> <br />Section 5. The City Council of the City of La Porte petitions the <br />Texas State Department of Highways and Transportation, to take <br />immediate steps to approve and participate in the funding of the <br />construction of at least this segment of Loop 410 (Broadway) in La <br />Porte at the earliest possible date. <br /> <br />" <br />