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KESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
89-257 PRESENTED Decemberl2, 1989
ADOPTED December 12, 1989
ENDORSING THE DUIJ,E8 TOLL ROAD/HARRISON STREET CONNECTOR
STUDY - PHASE I, PRIgLIMINARY ACCESS REPORT PREPARED BY TOWN OF
LEESBURG STAFF
WHEREAS, the Transportation Policy Map element of the Town Plan 1986, as amended, reflects the
conceptual alignment of a new minor arterial road between the future interchange of the Dunes Toll Road
Extension (Route 267) inside the Route 7/15 Bypass to the intersection of relocated Harrison Street at
Catoctin Circle; and
WHEREAS, the November 1988, Town Plan update provided that the town should re-evaluate this
conceptual minor arteMal connector road; and
WHEREAS, due to the increased pace of plaiming for the Dunes Toll Road Extension, a contract
for engineering services was awarded to Kamber Engineering, Inc. on April 12, 1989, following Town
Council authorization, to investigate the feasibility of the conceptual connector road, and to determiue
whether the proposed Toll Road/Bypass interchange design would accommodate an extension inside the
Bypass; and
WHEREAS, I~-mber Engineering, Inc. in association with Bellomo-McGee, Inc. prepared an analysis
dated November 3, 1989, including traffic generation projection and a roadway design/alignment analysis;
and
WHEREAS, this analysis, which was presented to the Planning and Zoning Committee of the Town
Council on November 8, 1989, recommended that the conceptual connector road rem-in a part of the
Town Plan transportation policy map. The roadway network proposed by Kamber Engineering, Inc.,
however, did not conform to the adopted conceptual roadway network of the Town Plan and did not
achieve appropriate inter-parcel connections; and
WHEREAS, in response to concerns raised regarding the estimated costs and benefits of the
conceptual toll road connection inside the bypass, as well as access to the connector proposed by Kamber,
ENDORSING THE DULLES TOLL ROAD/HARRISON STREET CONNECTOR STUDY 2
the town msuager's office directed the town's Planning, Engineering, and Public Works departments to
further evaluate this conceptual transportation network; and
WHEREAS, town staff prepared a conceptual alignment and access study map dated November 28,
1989 in accordance with the Town Plan as part of a Phase I Pre 'lnninary Access Report dated December
1, 1989 to Mayor and Council, which can physically implement the Town Plan road network in this are~c
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Leesburg Town Council hereby endorses the Dulles Toll Road/Harrison Street
Connector Study - Phase I Prelimi~c~y Access Report dated December 1, 1989, including the conceptual
alignment and access study map dated November 28, 1989, as prepared by Town of Leesburg staff.
SECTION II. The Manager is directed to prepare the Phase II Cost/Benefit Analys~s based on
the Phase I PreHm~n~, Access Report conceptual AH~o~ment, in lieu of the proposed ~Amber Engineering,
Inc. roadway design/~ent analysis.
PASSED this 12~hday of December 1989.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Co~il
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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