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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
88-155
PRESENTED August 9, 1988
ADOPTED August 9, 1988
AUTHORIZING SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF
KING AND MARKET AND KING AND LOUDOUN STREETS AND MAKING A
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the existing signal heads and controllers at the King
Street/Market Street intersection and King Street/Loudoun Street
intersection are outmoded and require frequent repair; and
WHEREAS, new signal heads and traffic controllers will permit the town
to program signal phasing to improve traffic safety, circulation and signal
reliability within the Downtown Historic District; and
WHEREAS, an upgrade of the signalization of this intersection has been
included in both the 1988 and 1989 fiscal years' budgets; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Engineering and Public Works and the town's
consulting traffic engineers, Kamber Engineering/Bellomo-McGee, Inc.
recommend these improvements; and
WHEREAS, the design and installation of the new signalization equipment
can be accomplished independently of any future Council decision to
prohibit left-turns during certain hours at the intersection of King and
Market and/or an additional southbound lane at that intersection:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. An appropriation is made to the General Fund Account No.
4102-700-060-200, Equipment, in the amount of $19,000 for fiscal year
ending June 30, 1989.
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RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS
SECTION II. The town manager is directed to have a report prepared for
future Council consideration with recommendations regarding the lane
configuration of King Street at its intersection with Market and the
desirability of a left-turn prohibition at this intersection during
certain hours of high traffic volume.
PASSED this 9th day of
August
, 1988.
Robert E o Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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