HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_10_27_R163RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED October 27~ 1976
76-163 ADOPTED October 27~ 1.~76
APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT
OF HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION CONCERNING THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF ROUTE 15
RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, as
follows:
SECTION I. An agreement between the town and the Virginia De-
partment of Highways for the improvement and maintenance of 0.506
mile of Route 15 from 0.133 mile north of Catoctin Circle to 0.142
mile north of the Route 7 Bypass is approved with the following
terms and conditions:
That the Department will submit a project for the im-
provement of 0.506 mile of Route 15 within Leesburg
from 0.133 mile North Catoctin Circle to 0.142 mile
North Route 7 Bypass, Station 3+45 to Station 30+00,
and designated as King Street, Project 0015-253-101,
PE-101, RW-201, C-501, Federal Project M-5253(101).
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Leesburg hereby approves the plans as designed and
requests the Department to submit the aforementioned
project with recommendation that it be approved by
the Federal Highway Administration and agrees that
if such project is approved and constructed by the
Department and the Federal Highway Administration,
it, thereafter, at its own cost and expense, will
maintain the project, or have it maintained, in a
manner satisfactory to them or their authorized
representatives and will make ample provision each
year for such maintenance.
Be
Leesburg hereby agrees that the location, form and
character of informational, regulatory, warning signs,
curb and pavement or other markings and traffic sig-
nals, installed or placed by any public authority,
or other agency, shall be subject to the approval
of the Department.
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Parking will be prohibited at all times on both sides
of~his project as above described.
Leesburg hereby agrees that the location and installa-
tion of utility poles, lighting standards, traffic
signal poles or any other similar facilities installed
or placed by any public authority, or other agency,
shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
At places where parking is prohibited, the appropriate
NO PARKING signs shall be erected. The size, design
and color of such signs shall conform to the standards
as shown in the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices.
Leesburg agrees that after construction of the project,
or any part thereof, it will not permit any reduction
in the number or width of traffic lanes, additional
median crossovers, enlargement of existing median cross-
overs, or alterations of channelization islands, without
the prior approval of the Department.
Leesburg agrees that prison labor will not be used for
any purpose whatsoever on this project ~h-~ing the time
it is under construction agreement between the Depart-
ment and the Federal Highway Administration.
Leesburg agrees to participate in the actual cost of
this project in accordance with the following tabula-
tion, understanding that the costs shown are estimated
and the percentages will be applied to actual costs:
LEESBURG'S SHARE
Item Estimated Cost % Amount
Preliminary Engi-
neering
$ 40,000.00 15 $ 6,000.00
Right of Way
150,000.00 15 22,500.00
Roadway Construction
(Participating)
547,836.00 15 82,175.40
Roadway Construction
(Non Participating)
621.00 100 621.00
Signs and Pavement
Markings
.... 5~016.00 15 752.40
TOTAL $743,473.00 $112,048.80
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SECTION II. The manager is authorized and directed to
execute and the Clerk to attest the agreement on behalf of
the Town.
PASSED this 27th day of October , 1976.
ATTEST:
Mary A~ne Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
Clerk oC ~ouncil