HomeMy Public PortalAbout006-2010 - State Highway Timetable.docCOMMON COUNCIL
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
RESOLUTION 6-2010
RESOLUTION URGING GOVERNOR DANIELS TO RESTORE
TWO ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN RICHMOND TO THE PRIORITY LIST OF THE 2011 STATE BIDDING LIST
WHEREAS, Two Richmond road construction projects, one for the reconstruction of Eighth and Ninth Streets (U.S. Highway 27) through the city of Richmond and the second for the complete
replacement of South A Street from Third to 11th Street and on to East Main Street, were both scheduled to be on the priority list for the state bid list in 2011 for a 2012-2013 construction
schedule; and
WHEREAS, City officials learned in August of 2010 that The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), citing lack of money, dropped the two projects described above from the priority
list of the 2011 state bid list, resulting in the city not being eligible for priority consideration for funding until at least 2016; and
WHEREAS, INDOT has since announced that the Eighth and Ninth street road reconstruction project and the complete replacement of South A Street from Third to 11th Street and on to East
Main Street, are now being considered for the priority list for 2011 bidding, which, if approved, would return the projects to the 2012-2013 construction schedule; and
WHEREAS, Both of these two road projects are critical infrastructure that are necessary and crucial keys to enhance our economic development efforts to support job retention and creation;
and
WHEREAS, Richmond has planned many required infrastructure projects to coincide with these two road projects, including our court-ordered handicapped ramp project and our court-ordered
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) sewer projects; and
WHEREAS, Eighth and Ninth streets through the city of Richmond are the major North-South artery through the city which are in dire need of repair, being subjected daily to heavy semi-trailer
truck traffic along with high volume vehicular traffic; and
WHEREAS, South A Street is a key commercial corridor and a crucial segment of the Historic National Road, US 40, that runs through the center of our city. This part of the road is in
such terrible condition that in many places the holes in the road are so big that you can see below the original bricks from US 40; and
WHEREAS, Reconstruction of Eighth and Ninth streets through Richmond and the complete replacement of South A Street from Third to 11th Street and on to East Main Street are essential
to our economic development and to the vitality of our businesses as well as the economic impact for east central Indiana.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Common Council of the City of Richmond that Common Council urges Governor Daniels to restore to the priority list of the 2011 state bidding list
the reconstruction of Eighth and Ninth streets through the city of Richmond and the complete replacement of South A Street from Third to 11th Street and on to East Main Street.
Passed and adopted this _18th _ day of October, 2010, by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana
S/S Clay Miller
Clay Miller, President
S/S Jack Elstro
Jack Elstro
S/S Kelley Cruse- Nicholson
Kelley Cruse-Nicholson
S/S Bruce Wissel
Bruce Wissel
S/S Bing Welch
Bing Welch
S/S Larry Parker
Larry Parker
S/S Bob Goodwin
Bob Goodwin
S/S Diana Pappin
Diana Pappin
S/S Phil Quinn
Phil Quinn
ATTEST: S/S Karen Chasteen___________, City Clerk
Karen Chasteen
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _19th ____ day of October, 2010, at _11:00_ o’clock ____a.m.
S/S Karen Chasteen________, City Clerk, Karen Chasteen
APPROVED by me, Sally Hutton, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 19th day of October, 2010, at ________ o’clock _____ .m.
S/S Sally Hutton___________, Mayor
Sally Hutton
ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen__________, City Clerk
Karen Chasteen