Res 1085-57 RESOLUTION NO. 1085.
~.& RESOLUTIOI~i 0F THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, RE-
QUESTING THE COUi~Y C0~f.~[ISSION OF PA~ BEACH COU[~TY T0
~IDEif~,~?m FO~t-L~NE DEL~:~Y ',~T ROAD PROI~ '~ .~v ~.~ ~
TO STATE ROAD 7 (U.S. 441) AND T0 EXTEND [,[ILITA~Y T~IL
TO THE SOUTHEft}~ BOUi'qDAFtY LINE OF PA~I BE&CH CON,]TY; AL-
SO TrL6T THE WIDENING AND kECOR'DITIOI~ING OF THE OLD DiXI~
HIGi~,¥AY IN PAEf BEACH COUI~FY 8E CO~,'!PLETED.
~[dEREAS, PALl.g BEACH C0~'~TY is growing rapidly and the local traffic
has increased to the point that it not only ~s desirable but necessary
that additional roads be made available in South Palm Beach County; and
[~HE~EAS, the widening and four-laning of Delray ~st Road would
greatly relieve the congestion now experienced and minimize hazards now
existing due to narrow paving and added traffic to and from the Sunshine
Paraguay; and
~ERE.gS, the extension of Military Trail southerly to the bomndary
line of PaLm Beach County would relieve the traffic on U.S. Ro. 1 by giv-
ing farmers and local residents a secondary road for comuuting between
the cities of Palm Beach County and would further give access to the Sun-
shine Parl~ay and the West Palm Beach Airport; and
~EXEAS, the widening and reconditioning of the old Dixie Highway in
Palm Beach County would further relieve the Federal Highway congestion; and
~E~EAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach deems it to be a
vital necessity that these secondary roads be improved and provided for the
safety and welfare of the residents of South Pa~n Beach County,
~[, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY Tile CITY COUNCIL of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, that the Board of County Com~aissioners for Pahn Beach County,
Florida, be and they a~e hereby earnestly requested to widen and four-lane
Delray [~est Road from Delray Beach to State Road 7, and to extend Military
Trail southerly to the south boundary line of PaL~ Beach County; also to
complete the widening and reconditioning of the Old Dixie Highway.
PAoS~D AND ~'DOPTED this S0th day of December, A. D. 1957, at an adjourned
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida.
~-AYOR
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