HomeMy WebLinkAbout69-62 - Orange Freeway - Urging StudiesRESOLUTION 69-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA STRESSING THE NECESSITY OF AND URGING THE
EXPEDITING OF STUDIES FOR THE ORANGE FREEWAY, AND ITS
FUNDING PROGRAM, AND URGING THE EXPEDITING OF THE CORONA
DEL MAR AND NEWPORT FREEWAYS TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CON-
GESTION IN THE ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREA.
WHEREAS, present traffic volume between inland communities
and the coast has reached a peak indicated by the current excess
of 51,000 cars a day on Newport Boulevard in a section designed
for four lanes and now striped for six sub -standard lanes; and
WHEREAS, urgent and immediate action is needed to meet the
demands of additional anticipated increases resulting from present
industrial and residential construction; and
WHEREAS, the volume of beach traffic has increased
annually and is now at a point where existing facilities are
rapidly becoming insufficient to carry the excess load; and
WHEREAS, the development of the University of California,
Irvine, and the concurrent increase in enrollment is imposing
steadily increasing burdens on the traffic arteries serving that
area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa that the Highway Commission of the State of
California is hereby requested and strongly urged to take immediate
steps to alleviate the situation by expediting:
(a) Studies for the proposed Orange Freeway and its financing
throughout the county;
(b) The funding program for construction of freeways in
this area;
(c) Completion of the Corona del Mar and the Newport
Freeways.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 1969.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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City of Costa Mesa
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, 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. 69-62 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 18th day of August, 1969.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 19th day of August, 1969.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa