HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-182 July 5, 1990 # 90-182 RESOLIITION
(CARRIED LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
PURPOSE: ENDORSE STATE HIGHWAY 110 IMPROVEMENTS
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, State Trunk Highway 110 is a major east/west
connecting highway as it relates to the Corridors 2020 plan for
state highway improvement projects; and
WHEREAS, the roadway, which carries increasing volumes of
vehicular traffic to, from and through the City of Oshkosh,
represents a vital link of this community to the rest of the
State of Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, communities along the highway have joined together
with area businesses to jointly support the completion of a
project which upgrades State Trunk Highway 110 between U.S.
Highway 41 and County Trunk Highway G; and
WHEREAS, traffic volumes, which are projected to increase by
28 percent by the year 2015, as well as safety considerations
support the need for this improvement project; and
WHEREAS, this segment of State Trunk Highway 110 already
carries considerable tourist traffic, plus commuter traffic, in
and out of Oshkosh so that completion of this project will
enhance the area's tourism industry; and
WHEREAS, in addition to existing and projected traffic on
this highway, the planned rerouting of U.S. Highway 45 over this
roadway will add tourist traffic destined for the Waupaca and
Antigo areas; and
WHEREAS, completion of this project will enhance existing
and future economic "development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLtiED by the Common Council of the
City of Oshkosh that the Council endorses the improvement of
State Trunk Highway 110 between U.S. Highway 41 and County Trunk
Highway G and respectfully requests the Transportation Projects
Commission to recommend to the state Legislature that the State
Trunk Highway 110 improvement project be enumerated as a "Major
Highway Project" and that all necessary funding be made avail-
able; and that the proper City officials are authorized and •
directed to convey this endorsement together with supporting
information to all appropriate state agencies and officials.
S'JB'dITTED BY
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