HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_04-92/93_02/11/1993 RESOLUTION NO. 4 -9293
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE FOR
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SEPARATORS WITHIN THE MEDIANS OF
INTERSTATE 95 WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY TO REDUCE THE
LOSS OF LIFE FROM CROSS - MEDIAN ACCIDENTS
WHEREAS, since January 1, 1987, 44 people have been killed
in 35 cross - median accidents in Palm Beach County; and
WHEREAS, since December 1, 1992, six people have been
killed in cross - median accidents in Palm Beach County, four of
them since January 18, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the increasing urbanization of Palm Beach County
and the resultant increase in traffic on all roadways,
including I -95 gives rise to the need for increased safety
efforts; and
WHEREAS, members of the Florida Highway Patrol familiar
with the situation on I -95 in Palm Beach County have gone on
record in support of the need for the provision by the Florida
Department of Transportation of appropriate traffic separators
or median barriers to address a growing problem; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated to cost from $1.95 million to
$5.2 million to install an appropriate traffic separator along
the applicable portions of I -95 in Palm Beach County, a small
price to pay to reduce these human tragedies; and
WHEREAS, Federal matching funds equal to 90 percent of the
cost of said construction is available.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF
THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Florida Department of Transportation is
urged to proceed forthwith with the construction of an
appropriate traffic separator within the medians of I -95
within all applicable areas of Palm Beach County.
Section 2. The elected membership of the Palm Beach
County Legislative Delegation to the State House and Senate
are urged to use their good offices to bring forth necessary
State funding to empower the Florida Department of
Transportation to expeditiously proceed with this important
transportation construction project.
Section 3. Representatives of the people of Palm Beach
County in the United States House of Representatives and the
United States Senate are urged to use their good offices to
bring forth necessary Federal funding to empower the Florida
Department of Transportation to expeditiously proceed with
this important transportation construction project.
Section 4. The leadership of the municipal and county
governments of Palm Beach County are urged to support this
important transportation construction project for the safety
of the people of Palm Beach County and all persons traversing
therein.
Section 5. The Village Manager is requested to direct a
copy of this Resolution to Florida's United States Senators,
members of Congress representing Palm Beach County, the Palm
Beach County Legislative Delegation, the Board of County
Commissioners for Palm Beach County, each municipality in Palm
Beach County, Governor Lawton Chiles, the Secretary of the
Florida Department of Transportation, the District Engineer
for the Florida Department of Transportation and the Secretary
of the United States Department of Transportation.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was offered by
Councilmember Burckart who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by
Councilmember Mackail and upon being
put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION
Earl L. Collings
Joseph N. Capretta
Ron T. Mackail
William E. Burckart
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and
adopted this --lth day of February A.D., 1993.
OF TEQUESTA
I
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Colli
ATTEST:
JESann Mangani to
Village Clerk