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3~ TUESDAY MA Y 8, 1984 On motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation to under- take a 0.95-mile project extending Commonwealth Boulevard eastward to East Church Street (Route 58 East): WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation and the City of Martinsville, Virginia, participated in the construction of a four-lane highway facility (Market Street and Commonwealth Bou- levard) which extends from West Church Street to Fairy Street and continuing with a two-lane road eastward to Chatham Road (Route 57) Project #0057-120-103-C501; and WHEREAS, said roadway is shown on the 1969 Martinsville Thoroughfare Plan prepared by the Virginia Department of Highways and Transporta- tion and adopted by the City of Martinsvil1e; and WHEREAS, the 1969 Thoroughfare Plan projects the extension of said roadway (Commonwealth Boulevard) to East Church Street (Route 58 East) near Salmons Street; and WHEREAS, the Martinsville Area Transportation Study developed by the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, dated June, 1983, and approved by City Council March 27, 1984, includes as a recom- mended improvement Commonwealth Boulevard Extension from Commonwealth Boulevard 0.46 miles west of Chatham Road to East Church Street con- sisting of a four-lane divided facility for an approximate length of 0.95 miles and as a Priority 1 improvement in said plan; and WHEREAS, said project, when constructed, would improve traffic flow and circulation in the project area by diverting traffic from Fairy and Hooker Streets between Commonwealth Boulevard and East Church Street and on East Church Street between Fairy Street and the pro- posed intersection of the extension of Commonwealth Boulevard with East Church Street; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meetin& assembled this 8th day of May, 1984, that: 1. The Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation be, and is hereby, requested to undertake a project within the corporate limits of the City of Martins- ville consisting of the widening and upgrading of Commonwealth Boulevard to four lanes from a point near Fairy Street to Chatham Road; and the construction of a four-lane highway facility from Chatham Road east- ward to East Church Street near Salmons Street con- sisting of a total of approximately 0.95 miles; said project being shown on the June, 1983, Martinsville Transportation Study Plan and more specifically shown on Plate 5 of said plan;