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RESOLUTION NO. 1924
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING COOPERATION OF THE ARKANSAS
STATE HIGHY^AY COivllIISSION WITH THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, FOR THE IP. LENENTATION OF THE LOCHNER PLAN,
SO THAT THE CONSTANTLY GROWING TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN
LITTIF ROCK MAY BE RELIEVED BY PLACING SAD PLAN IN
EFFECT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
'WHEREAS critical and near intolerable traffic congestion
exists in the downtown section of the City of Little Rock, especial-
ly at peak load times ; and
WHEREAS an Arkansas riverfront development under the two
existing bridges affords the most feasible and logical means of
separating grades for the extremely heavy traffic streams of North-
South and East-Nest traffic ; and
WHEREAS these heavy streams of traffic are now having to
be controlled entirely by lights and stop signs at crossings at
grade, all of which factors limit very materially the amount of
traffic admitted to and from the two existing river bridges and
cut the capacities of downtown streets ; and
WTHERhAS3add}tional ramps will provide more orderly and
uniform flow of traffic to and from these bridges , thereby develop-
ing a fuller capacity on the existing structures ; and
WHEREAS the "Highway and Transportation Plan for Greater
Little Rock, Arkansas - 1948" , known as the Lochner Plan, was
jointly financed by the cities of Little Rock and North. Little Rock,
the County of Pulaski, the Highway Department and the Bureau of
Public Roads for the purpose of obtaining expert interpretation
and appraisal of the traffic demands and needs in the Greater
Little Rock area ; and
WHEHEAAS the above report has been accepted by the City
of Little Rock and the Arkansas State Highway Commission; and
W TFRPAS the Lochner Plan recommends a riverfront divided
highway development with ramps to the existing bridges as a step
for alleviating traffic congestion, developing more efficient
bridge capacities and the first step for providing Little Rock
with an express-way, modern high type facility; and
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WHEREAS it is the desire of the City of Little Rock to
take definite steps to determine more fully the feasibility and
cost of the proposed improvement, with the idea in mind of present-
ing the proposal to the people of Little Rock for their action as
to furnishing the City' s part of the cost of the improvement which
would be one-half of the cost of the right-of-way and property
damage and one-half the cost of adjusting utilities chargeable to
the project; and
WHEREAS it is the understanding of the Council that a
program item is at this time set up by the Arkansas Highway
Commission to cover the cost of appraising the right-of-way and
property damage in case the project is advanced to construction
status:
NOW, THEREb'ORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 01 THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS :
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Little
Rock petition the Arkansas State Highway Commission to determine
the geometric design of the project and to outline the limits of
the taking necessary f or the construction of the project and, in
case the electorate of the City take favorable action on a bond
issue for the acquisition of the right-of-way, that the Arkansas
highway Commission will provide the necessary Urban Federal-Aid
Funds to cover the other 50% cost of the acquisition of right-of-
way and property damage and give a firm commitment to the Council
that as soon as this phase of the project is sufficiently under
way that the Arkansas State Highway Commission will program and
proceed with the construction features of the proposal.
ADOPTED: May 5, 1952 .
ATTEST: APPROVED: A i'
.CITY CLLRK MAYOR _r.