HomeMy WebLinkAbout62-34 - Immediate action on Freeway from Palisades Rd, Northerly on Route No. 55RESOLUTION N0. 62-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA RECITING CERTAIN FACTS CONSTITUTING THE URGENCY
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE FREEWAY FROM PALISADES
ROAD NORTMLY ON ROUTE NO. 55•
WHEREAS, Freeway construction has been completed on Route 55, main
traffic artery between this City and Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Mountain
Resorts, and the East, as far southerly as Chapman Avenue in Orange; and
WHEREAS, Freeway construction is now in process from Chapman Avenue
southerly to Newport Avenue in the vicinity of Warner Avenue; and
WHEREAS, there remains to be completed the link between the present
southerly limit of construction, and Palisades Road in the City of Costa
Mesa; and
WHEREAS, this uncompleted section of the freeway on Route 55 consti-
tutes a bottleneck, a hazard, and a deterrent to the free and safe movement
of traffic along this main artery; and
WHEREAS, the facts constituting the hazardous condition of this
uncompleted section of freeway are as follows:
Accidents occurring on Newport Boulevard from Palisades Road to Tustin
Avenue from January 1, 1961, through February 28, 1962, are as follows:
Fatalities Inj. Acc. Persons Inj, Prop. Dam. TOTAL
5 48 64 91 144
and
WHEREAS, the above hazards are shared by three jurisdictions, and the
division between the jurisdictions is as follows:
Costa Mesa's ortion:
Fatalities Inj. Acc. Persons Inj.
1 14 20
Santa Ana's portion:
Fatalities Inj. Acc. Persons Inj.
0 3 Not. avail.
California Highway Patrol portion:
Fatalities Inj. Acc. Persons Inj.
5 31 44
and
Prop. Dam. TOTAL
31 46
Prop. Dam. TOTAL
8 11
Prop. Dam. TOTAL
51 87
WHEREAS, this City Council deems it important that cities and other
jurisdictions along this route be encouraged and urged to arrive at early
solution of their street and aerial and vehicular transportation problems and
drainage problems incident to construction of this freeway section; and
WHERFMO this City Council deems it advisable, necessary, and urgent
that this hazardous section be ompleted as soon as possible, and that the
interests of jurisdictions along the route be subordinated to the best interests
of this densely populated area of Southern California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that the California Highway Commission and the State Division of Highways
be, and the same are hereby, urged to take immediate action to complete the
freeway on Route 55 to Palisades Road in the City of Costa Mesa; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the facts constituting this urgency are
such that require concentrated cooperation and constructive action by all juris-
dictions involved, and this City Council hereby urges, in the strongest possible
manner, that steps be taken at once to protect the lives and safety of the
traveling public and to facilitate the flow of traffic on this important artery.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of March, 1962.
Mayor f ty of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of. osta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA
D
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 62-34 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 5th day of March, 1962.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 6th day of March, 1962
City Clerk and ex-offici Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
• Chief Deputy