3794 - 57 Endorse outer belt south to reduce traffic on Brookpark Rd

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RE$OLUTION NO. 379~ BYi Neesrs. ~aydoe, ~ottermeyer, ; Quinn, Ward, Chockiey, Fahrenbach. A RESOLUTION dedicated to action recogrntzinE the impact and set. iousness of the traffic problem on Brookpark Road in the southwest sec- tion of Cuyahoga County, ~ud endorsing the Outer belt south and reqUest- ing the Ohio State Highway Department to take necessary steps toward its development, I~HEREAS, This Council recognizes the impact and seriousness of the traffic problem nowexisting on BrookparkRoad, and WHEREAS, Brookpark Road is an arterial etate highway which ex- tensively serves vehicular traffic emanating from the industrial plante which adjoin it, and WHEREAS, Traffic congestion of that thoroughfare b~s reached such proportions aa to discourage and deter the further develo, pmen.t _of vacant lands for industrial purposes thereby hampering the in us dUStrial growth of this community, and WHEREAS, This impediment to the future growth of industry will, and does, have a marked effect upon the general economy of metropolitan Cleveland, and WHEREAS, Various g~vernmental and civic lalits, being cognizant of this fact, have conducted exhaustive studies in an effort to allevi- ate the acuteness of the problem, and WHEREAS, Said studies have substantially determined the location of a freeway, known as the Outer Belt South, ~hich would solve the problem and allow a normal industrial and commercial growth for the ben- efit of the entire metropolitan area, and ~EREA$, Any delay to rectify the condition would be economically and sociologically unsound, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ~Ob-NOIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1, That this Council manifest its endorsement of the Outer Belt South by lending its aid and support to its development. Section 2. That this Council enlist the aid of all citizens, in particular, industrialists and civic leaders, to strive for the real- ization of that freeway. Section ~. That the proper authorities be requested to prepare precise drawings for the purpose of obtaining necessary rights of way since any further delay will result in mounting costs for said rights of way. Section ~. That the Ohio State Highway Department, and the Fed- eral Bureau of Roads be requested and urged to include in the national system of interstate highways that portion of Brookpark Road extending west from Ridge Road to the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Section ~. That the Clerk of Council be, and he is hereby, di- rected to transmit certified copies of this resolution to the govern- mental authorities concerned so that the terms of this resolution shall to them become known. Adopted: ~¥ 20. 1957 . T~..omas .~. War~r~sident Approved:~May ~1.' 1957 H. A. Rees Clerk