HomeMy WebLinkAbout2601 REsOLU'TION NO. 2601
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO BARRICADE A
PORTION OF ROCK STREET IN ITS DISCRETION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS , the Arkansas State Highway Commission and the United
States Bureau of Public Roads has expressed an intention to construct
and erect an elevated roadway over and above a certain portion of
Rock Street in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, said ramp or roadway may because of its construction con-
stitute a traffic hazard and endanger the lives and safety of citizens
of the City of Little Rock and the public generally; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Board of Directors of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, that the State Highway Department be authorized
to take such precautions as are necessary to protect the citizens of
Little Rock and the public generally from any hazard in connection with
traffic on Rock Street during and after the construction and erection
of said roadway;
NOW THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The State Highway Department is hereby authorized to
exercise its sound discretion in protecting the citizens of Little Rock
and the public generally from traffic hazards in connection with the
construction and erection of an elevated roadway or ramp running in
a general East-West direction and One Hundred Forty Feet (140 ') wide
over a portion of Rock Street lying immediately South of the inter-
section of Rock Street and Second Street, and said Highway Department
is specifically authorized hereby, upon the commencement of construction
of said elevated roadway or ramp, to barricade, or otherwise obstruct,
vehicular traffic on a portion of Rock Street between the intersection
of Rock Street and the South curb line of -econd street on the North
and a point on Rock Street One Hundred Forty Feet (140 ' ) South of said
South curb line of Second Street, and to deny access to said portion of
Rock Street to vehicular and pedestrian traffic .
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SECTION 2. This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
ADOPTED: October 24, 1960
ATTEST: L �� / APPROVED: ;e1;1 ,J/
City Clerk Maor .