1483 RESOLUTION NO. 1483
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission of the State of
Arkansas is desirous of improving Asher Avenue, in the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas , by replacing the existing Viaduct and
approaches, over Missouri Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway tracks , with a Viaduct and approaches thereto of
modern design for carrying traffic into the city of Little Rock,
thereby minimizing inconvenience and hazard to traffic, and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission of the State of
Arkansas is desirous of receiving Federal aid for the said improve-
ment; and,
WHEREAS, the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works
Agency, will not participate in the reconstruction of said Viaduct
until and unless the City of Little Rock will agree to refrain from
permitting encroachments upon the right of way of said abovementioned
route , and until and unless the City of Little Rock will agree to
refrain from passing ordinances or laws fixing unreasonable speed
limits on the said above mentioned route, and until and unless the
City of Little Rock will agree to refrain from erecting signs,
semaphores and signals that will give preference to local routes or
that will hinder or delay traffic on said above route.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, that, for and in consideration
of the State Highway Commission of the State of Arkansas and the
Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency, reconstructing
said Viaduct within the City of Little Rock and routing the traffic
through the City of Little Rock over the said Viaduct on Asher
Avenue it hereby agrees with the State Highway Commission of the
State of Arkansas and the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works
Agency, that it will not in the future permit encroachments upon
the right of way of said above mentioned route, nor will it pass
any ordinances or laws fixing unreasonable speed limits on the
above mentioned route, nor will it allow the erection of signs,
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semaphores and signals that will give preference to local routes
which intersect with said above mentioned route, nor that will
slow up , hinder or delay traffic on said above mentioned route.
Adopted: March 11, 1940
Attest: Appr ed:
City Clerk. Acting Mayor.