HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 279-06 07-25-2006 • RESOLUTION NO.279-06
A RESOLUTION STATING SUPPORT FOR THE TRANS TEXAS
CORRIDOR-35 PROJECT WITH A REALIGNMENT OF THE
CORRIDOR TO A LOCATION CENTRAL TO THE DALLAS/FORT
WORTH METROPLEX.
WHEREAS, the City of Richland Hills' City Council supports the position taken by
the Regional Transportation. Council regarding the realignment of the Trans Texas
Corridor-35 project to a central location within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex; and
WHEREAS, the North Texas region supports the Trans Texas Corridor-35 project;
however, it is imperative that the corridor north of Hillsboro be relocated to a more
centrally located position when it enters the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. This centrally
located alignment is endorsed by the Regional Transportation Council (the Dallas/Fort
Worth region's Metropolitan Planning Organization), the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition,
and the Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition. Maps depicting this proposed
alignment have been presented to the Texas Department of Transportation by the Dallas
Fort Worth Area Partners in Mobility Coalition; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is significantly concerned about air quality issues
associated with the prevailing winds blowing pollutants across the Dallas/Fort Worth
• Metroplex from an eastern alignment of the Trans Texas Corridor-35; and
WHEREAS, we oppose the alignment reflected in the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement because it bypasses our region and will encourage leapfrog development
which accelerates urban sprawl and is counterintuitive to promoting sustainable
development; and
WHEREAS, the centrally located realignment that we propose and endorsed by the
Regional Transportation Council integrates the Trans Texas Corridor with our region's
existing transportation infrastructure; we eventually want to see a new outer loop
developed around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, but for now desire to preserve the
necessary right-of-way rather than actually build the bypass; and
WHEREAS, the region's current level of thru-traffic can be accommodated by our
existing freeways, tollways and the planned future improvements to these facilities,
ultimately a new outer loop must be considered and constructed; and
WHEREAS, the final destination of at least 70% of the current freight traffic
approaching the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is somewhere within the region (less than
30% of this traffic bypasses the region). The Regional Transportation Council proposed
alignment recognizes and serves this need better than the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement alignment; and
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• WHEREAS, the alignment we propose not only better serves the travel needs of all
motorists but also is less costly than the one reflected in the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement. We strongly urge that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement alignment be
moved westwardly so that the Trans Texas Corridor-35 enters the Dallas/Fort Worth
Metroplex within the SH-360 corridor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, THAT
SECTION 1.
The City of Richland Hills supports the ?'r~~ns Texas Corridor-35 project with a realignment
of the corridor to a central location within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex as proposed by
the Regional Transportation Council and strongly requests that such a realignment be
implemented.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 25th day of July 2006.
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Tim G. Sralla, City Attorney
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