HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_06_09_R084RE~ LUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED June 9t 1976
76-84 ADOPTED June 9~ 1976
REQUESTING VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND
TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
FOR THE INTERSECTION OF MARKET STREET-LOUDOUN STREET
AND MORVEN PARK ROAD.
WHEREAS, it is necessary that a request by resolution of the
Town Council be made to the Virginia Department of Highways and
Transportation for each highway project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that in said resolution the Town
agree to pay its proportionate share of costs for preliminary en-
gineering, right-of-way and construction for the project; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has previously indicated its de-
sire for a project for intersection improvements at Market Street-
Loudoun Street and Morven Park Road:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of
Leesburg, Virginia, as follows:
SECTION I. That the Virginia Department of Highways and
Transportation be, and hereby is, requested to establish
a project within the corporate limits of the Town of Lees-
burg for the improvement of the intersection of Market
Street-Loudoun Street and Morven Park Road to include the
improvement of the vertical alignment and implementation
of a one-way system from the west intersection of Market
Street and Loudoun Street to Ayr Street.
SECTION II. That the Town of Leesburg hereby agrees to
pay its share of the preliminary engineering, right-of-
way and construction costs for said project under the
cost formula of 85 percent by the Virginia Department of
Highways and Transportation and 15 percent by the Town
of Leesburg.
SECTION III. That the Town of Leesburg further agrees
that if the said project is established as herein re-
quested and thereafter the Town of Leesburg decides not
to proceed further with the said project, then the Town
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of Leesburg, by this resolution, agrees to repay the
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation for
100 percent of the cost incurred for the said project
to the time of the action of the Town of Leesburg to
cause work to be stopped on the project.
PASSED this 9th day of June , 1976.
ATTEST:
G. Dewey Hill ,/May~or
Town of Leesburg
Clerk of ~i~cil