HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1991-30RESOLUTION.NO. '91 -30
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE STATE ROAD AlA
WIDENING TO SIX (6) LANES, AND SUPPORTING
ALTERNATE IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN 'THE
CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE•DATE.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, regarding the Florida
Department of Transportation's and Brevard Metropolitan Planning
Organization's plans to widen State Road AIA to six (6) lanes, •as
follows:
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SECTION 1. The City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard• County,
Florida, hereby OPPOSES the widening of State Road AlA to six ( 6 )
lanes.; the removal of existing traffic control signals' and
pedestrian crosswalk.; furt-her restrictions on internal
neighborhood traffic; the facilitation of a speed limit above 35
MPH; and, the encouragement of increased development in this
,coastal high- hazard area by expanding road capacity.
SECTION 2. The City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County,
Florida, SUPPORTS alternative improvements, such as the
installation of more -. pedestrian crosswalks and traffic control .
synchronized signals; the creat•o.n of protected b:icyc.l•e.lanes and
pedestrian walkways; the consolidation and reconfiguration of
intersect ions; the development of a practical public. transit
system along the roadway; systematic roadway landscaping and -
beautification; and, deceleration and alternating, lanes,'' for
encouragement of lower highway speeds for prevention of accidents
and safety priorities.
SECTION .3. The City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County,
Florida, hereby directs the Florida Department, of Transportation
and the Brevard' Metropolitan Planning Organization to follow the.
direction of the Florida Growth. Management Act and the State,
t Comprehensive Plan in their evaluations of the permissible and
desirable traffic circulation options for this barrier island.
community.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is directed to forward copies of
this Resolution to Governor Lawton Chiles, the Senate and House
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Appropriations Committees, the Department of Community Affairs,
the Department of Transportation, the Brevard County Legislative
Delegation, the Brevard County Commission, the Brevard
Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Florida League of Cities,
and, the Space Coast League of Cities.
SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Brevard County, Florida, this 20th day of August , 1991.
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