HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 75-015RESOLUTION NO. 75-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA. REGARDING THE HI,jAY
III OVERCROSSING
WHEREAS, the Highway Commission several years ago adopted
the right of way alignment for the connection of Highway 111
to Interstate 10 in the Coachella Valley in the County of
Riverside; and
WHEREAS, this right of way was adopted to provide a direct
connection between State Highway 111 and Interstate 10; and
WHEREAS, the existing connection is by an inaccessible,
obscure route over a hazardous railroad crossing adjacent to a
highly congested intersection of two State routes and a local
major arterial; and
WHEREAS, Highway 111 is the lifeline of and the only State
Highway and the major transportation connection between and
through the cove communities of the Coachella Valley and the
Cities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert and Rancho Hirage, and the
only State Highway connecting them with the City of Indio and
Palm Springs;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Palm Desert does hereby request
that the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
carefully review the Department of Transportation application
for Grade Separation Funds for the construction of a grade
separation on Highway 111 over Highway 86 and the Southern
Pacific Railroad to make the connection to Interstate 10, and
that said project be funded in the 1975-76 year.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 27 day of February
1975, by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, by the following vote:
AYES: Benson; Brush; McPherson; Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Aston
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