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r~, ~ ,. V II ~ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1986 1. Spruce Street upgrading and resonstruction, from Prospect Hill Drive to East Corporate Limits, at a projected cost of $3,800,000.00; 2. Improvements to the Fayette Street/West Church Street/Memorial Boulevard intersection, at a projected cost of $700,000.00 (more recently estimated to cost $1,000,000.00); and --- 3. Extension of Commonwealth Boulevard from Fairy Street to East Church Street, at a projected cost of $5,000,000.00. In support of the Commission's findings, Council adopted a resolution (by a this resolution because the funding sources recommended by the Commission may vote of four-to-one, with Councilman McClain voting against the motion to adopt not be in the best interest of the citizens of Martinsville and because the Council does not have adequate information to take a Position on funding mechanisms at this time and because it is unknown as to whether total highway construction needs, as defined by the Commission, can be financed within the and content, follows: period of time suggested by the Commission). The resolution, as to final form RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the transportation construction needs of the Commonwealth have received increasingly smaller amounts of funding by the State in recent years because of increased maintenance cost; WHEREAS, the transportation needs of the Commonwealth have increased markedly; WHEREAS, the Virginia General Assembly has recognized these needs and created the Commission on Transportation in the Twenty-First Century; and WHEREAS, the Commission on Transportation in the Twenty-First Century has identified ten billion dollars in critical needs in highway construction in the State and has proposed a program for addressing these needs; now, therefore,