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J ~ TUESDAY JULY 26, 1983 Council acknowledged receipt of--and referred to the Planning Commission for its study and recommendations--the first draft of a transportation plan for the area, to the year 2000, entitled "Martinsville Area Transportation Study", as developed for the City of Martinsville and the County of Henry by the Transportation Planning Division of the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation under date of June, 1983, with the assistance of representatives from the City of Martinsville, the County of Henry, the -,- West Piedmont Planning District Commission, and the Federal Highway Administration. In commenting on various aspects of this study, Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown pointed out that this transportation plan, while being an up- date and projection of the 1969 Transportation Plan, is more realistic than the 1969 Plan in that the proposed 1983 Plan attempts to list only those street-highway con- struction projects which can reasonably be accomplished and includes the already-planned Mulberry Extension and Spruce Street Extension projects. Estimated costs of the proposed projects and improvements, for the in-City portions thereof, were listed as being $27,055,200.00, of which--under current cost allocation formula--the City would be re- quired to pay 5%. Speaking to this proposed plan were the following citizens and/or visitors: .....- 1. Mr. George Robinson, of Horsepasture, Virginia, a new-comer to the area, who inquired as to whether railroad companies will participate in the cost of projects involving railroad overpasses or under- passes and as to whether trails for bicycles and hikers will be provided; 2. Mr. Thomas J. Womack, of 200 Fourth Street, who expressed concern with the traffic problems at the intersection of Fayette Street-Church Street- Memorial Boulevard; - 3. Mr. Joseph W. Pritchett, of 1203 Maxine Road, who strongly recommended that, in the future, more citizen participation be permitted and/or encouraged in various studies ana committees;