1495 RESOLUTION NO 1495
WHEREAS, the State High.way' Commission of the State of
Arkansas is desirous of improving State Highway, No. 167 through the city
of Little Rock, and is desirous of routing the traffic into the city of
Little Rock over an overhead viaduct across the tracks of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, at Arch Street , thereby eliminating
the hazardous grade crossing now in use, and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission of the State of Arkansas
is desirous of receiving Federal aid for the said improvement; and,
WHEREAS, the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency ,
will not participate in the construction 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 above mentioned 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 Administra-
tion, Federal Works Agency, constructing said viaduct within the city of
Little Rock and routing the traffic through the city of Little Rock over
the said viaduct on Arch Street 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, 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: May 6th, 1940
Attest: Approved:
ye
City Clerk. / 7aor.