1292RE SOLUTI ON 10 12552
AND A SPECIAL COMT:4ITTEE
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR H. A. KNOWLTON /TO
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FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION
FOR THE IMPROVEMIENT OF CERTAIN EXISTING ROADS AND THE CON
STRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE LIMITS`
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK CONNECTING I7ITH ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS
FROM r'VITHOUT THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK IN ORDER THAT THE CON-
GESTION OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK.::BE,.BET,IEVED_.
MHEREAS, Present facilities for handlings'1`fi 'erc`1�y
traffic from points without the city of Little Rock through
said City to other points without the city of Little Rock
are inadequate, thereby causing much congestion and resulting
in traffic accidents, and
WHEREAS, The City of Little Rock desires to secure
aid from the Nnite.a ,States Government: and the State- of
Arkansas in re
c congestion;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
LITTLE ROCK
THAT Mayor H. A. Knowlton and a special committe
consisting of C. B. Erwin, R. C. Turner, Merlin Fisher,
Jack Pickens and George Adams, are hereby authorized and directed
to make application to the Arkansas Highway Commission and
the Federal Administrator, of Public {forks for the improvement
and /or construction of the following projects;
1. Beginning upon Federal Aid Project No. 55
the HOT SPRINGS HIGHWAY at a point where the Fair Park Blvd:
inter'-sects said Highway, continuing t
JJc9,1Ln_, , .no"etar, on alon HOT SPRINGS HIGHWAY direct g
WEST S8th STREET, near the northwest corner of the State
Penitentiary property$ thence
ometi ,es designated as 1126th
CONFER7,RATE BLVD., thence sou
BLVD• to a point five hundred
east along WEST 28th STREET,
Street" to a point intersecti
theasterly along said CONFEDERA
(500) feet beyond the cite`
limits of Little Rock upon FEDE .AID PROJECT NO.1513,
as the PINE BLUFF HIGHWAY.
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2 Feeder No. 1 for said through highway connecting
FEDERAL AID PROJECT N0. 35 with FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. 151
shall be main Street from Twenty- - fourth Street (24) south to
its intersection with said through highway described a-$ No. 1
herein.
30 Feeder No. 2 for said thr-'sugh Highway eonnecting'�
FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. 35 with FEDERAL All) PROJECT NO. 151
shall be Picron Avenue beginning, at East Sixth (6) Street
and running in an east and southeasterly direction to the
FOURCHE DAM PIKE, thence wart along said FOURCHZ DAM PIKE
to a point near the east line of the LITTLE ROCK IUII'SOIPAL,
AIRPORT; thence in a sou�hwesterly, west and southerly y� ,
direction to a point intersecting TWENTY-SIXTH (26) STREET,
projected east at FRAZIER PIKES thence west along TWENTY
SIXTH (26) STREET to intersection of PROJECT NO
CONFEDERATE BLVD., thence in a southeasterly direc:ioY o
a point five hundred (500) feet beyond the city limits of
Little Rock upon: FEDERAL AID PROJECT N0,
4. Feeder No. 3 for said through highway con
ecting FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. 35 with FEDERAL AID PROJECT:
NO. 151 shall begin at a point of intersection of LINCOLN N
AVENUE with LEE AVENUE projected east, thence west along 4
LEE AVENUE to the intersection of LEE AVENUE and VAN BUREN
STREET$ thence south along VAN BUREN STREET to FAIR PARK
BLVD., thence southerly through FAIR_PARK and along FAIR_,.
PARK BLVD. to its intersection with FEDERAL AID PROJECT;
NO. 35, known as the HOT SPRINGS HIGHWA
50 -Feeder No. 4 for said thro
recting FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. 35 with FEDERAL AI
PROJECT NO. 151 shall be FRAZIER PIKE from FOURCHE
south to its intersection with said through highway describe
as Feeder No. 5. herein.'
MAYOR H. A. KNOWLTON and a special committee consist
of C. B. Erwin, R. C. Turner, Merlin Fis her, Jack Pic
Gerge Adams are authorized,J execute all applications$ con-
ditions, contracts, petitions and agreements to secure al
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in the construction of these projects herein described.
ADOPTED JUII E / 19,33
APPROVED:
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\�`` MAYOR