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RESOLUTION NO. 2-64
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PROPER AUTHORITIES
TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE CONDITION OF THE BRIDGE
ON STATE ROAD 707 SPANNING THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERWAY AND REQUESTING THE (bNSTRUCTION OF A
NEW BRIDGE.
WHEREAS, the Village of Tequesta, Florida, has within its
corporate limits lands on both sides of the Intracoastal Waterway
which are connected by the bridge spanning the Waterway as part of
State Road 707; and
WHEREAS, this bridge is over forty years old, is obsolete
is a fire hazard, and is often inoperative; and
WHEREAS, there has been a constant increase in boat traffic
on the Intracoastal Waterway, resulting in this bridge being frequently
open, since it has low clearance; and
WHEREAS, when said bridge is inoperative, the mainland is
accessible only by traveling eight miles north to Hobe Sound in
Martin County, and school children have to travel this distance to
and from school each day as well as residents who work on the West
side of the Waterway; and
WHEREAS, it is submitted that attempts to continuously
repair this bridge are futile and uneconomical, and that the growth
of the area east of the Intracoastal Waterway warrants the construction
of a modern concrete bridge;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, in regular meeting assembled on this
11th day of August, 1964, that the Council, in its official capacity,
and for and on behalf of its citizens and other citizens and residents
of the general area, take public notice of the dangerous and deplorable
condition of said bridge, and most urgently ask the proper authorities
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to immediately take the necessary steps to commence construction of
a new bridge, either at the location of the present bridge or
immediately north of this bridge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
sent to E. F. Van Kessel, Commissioner from District 1 of the Board
of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County, Florida.
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