HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_02-68_02/18/1969 RESOLUTIONN N0. 2 -65
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A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUEST.A, FLORIDA
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF COUNTY CMUSSIONERS OF
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO URGE THE FLORIDA
STATE ROAD DEPART: \T TO INSTALL A TRAFFIC CONTROL
SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD NO. 5
(U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1).A'ID STATE ROAD 707.
Iv'I-IEREAS, with the iminent completion of the new bridge across the
Intracoastal %aterway on State Road 707, an additional large flow of traffic
onto State Road No. 5 (U. S. Highi•;ay Yo. 1) will be created through the
increased use of this bridge by residents of the Town of Jupiter Island
in Martin County; and
UNEREAS, the number of residents currently residing on the
southern part of Jupiter Island in Palm Beach County has greatly increased
and the number of residents is sharply increasing with the construction
• and occupancy of the high -rise condominiums on Jupiter Island; and
I MEREAS, with the growth of the northern part of Palm Beach
County and the southern part of Martin County, the traffic on State Road
No. 5 (U. S. Highway No. 1) and the intersection with State Road Igo. 707
has grown to a density sufficient to create a steady flow of high speed
traffic, thereby creating a serious and dangerous traffic hazard for motorists
entering onto State Road No, 5 (U. S. Highway No. 1) from State Road No. 707
and the motorists travelling both north and south on State Road No. 5
(U. S. Highway No. 1); and
1vHEREAS, the Palm Beach County School Buses exit onto State
Road No. 5 (U. S. Highway No. 1) from State Road 707 five (5) times daily
on school days during peak traffic times while transporting school children;
\OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCI U1EN OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, FLORIDA;
That the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County,
Florida, be requested to strongly urge the Florida State Road Department
to install, without delay, a traffic control signal at the intersection of
State Road No. 5 (U, S. Highway :o. 1) and State Road 707 to alleviate the
severe traffic and hazardous conditions which will be in existence upon the
completion of the new bridge.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Village of Tequesta,
Florida be, and is hereby directed to send certified copies of this Resolution
to.
Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County, Florida
Jay W. Brocm, Commissioner, Florida State Road Department
Michael 0. O'Neil, Chainia.n, Florida State Road Department Board
State Senator Jerry Thomas
Town of Jupiter Commission
Jupiter Inlet Colony, Inc. Commission
Town of Jupiter Island Commission
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ �" day of .April, A.D., 1969.
/1116bert E. Sylvester Mayor
ATTEST:
bert Harp, Village Clerk
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