HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994.05.02 RESO 1994-0008RESOLUTION 94-8
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 61 is a thoroughfare through the community serving
as access for businesses and residents, and as a convenient passageway for
people travelling through the City, and
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 61 is currently in poor condition, suffering from
deterioration, potholes, and cracking, and is becoming unsafe for
vehicular traffic, and
WHEREAS, The Minnesota Department of Transportation intends to overlay
Trunk Highway 61 during 1994, and
WHEREAS, The contractor for the project has stated that, if required to
maintain access for through traffic on Trunk Highway 61 during its
reconstruction, twenty five working days are required to complete the
project between Washington County 8 and Trunk Highway 97, and
WHEREAS, The Minnesota Department of Transportation has imposed on the
contractor a requirement to begin work on another project overlaying 35E
on June 1. 1994, which may delay completion of the Trunk Highway 61
project until the fall of 1994, and
WHEREAS, The contractor has stated that, if allowed to detour through
traffic from Trunk Highway 61 between County Rd. 8 and Trunk Highway 97,
that the required work on Trunk Highway 61 can be performed in ten working
days, and
WHEREAS, The contractor has stated that local access to the residences and
businesses along this stretch of Trunk Highway 61 can be maintained during
the construction process, but increased delays and inconvenience may be
experienced by people seeking to access the 'businesses and residences in
the area;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hugo,
Minnesota that it has no objection to detouring traffic from Trunk Highway
61 during the period of its milling and overlay from County Rd. 8 to Trunk
Highway 97 in order to expedite the completion of the project and limit
the amount of time adjacent business owners and residents are
inconvenienced by the project,,
FURTHERMORE, that this approval is subject to local access for residences
and businesses being maintained during the construction work.
Members Voting AYE: Barnes, Brunotte, Leroux, Miron, Stoltzman
Members Voting NAY: None
Whereupon said resolution was declared passed and adopted this 2nd day of
May, 1994.
Walter Stoltzman,44ayor
ATTEST:
Mary n Creager, Ci L�.,/Clerk