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4: TUESDAY JULY 27, 1965 ,- WHEREAS, the proposed project consists of the re-routing of present Virginia Route 57, from its intersection with U. S. Route 58 at Northside Drive and East Church Street, westwardly along Northside Drive and along a new location to the intersection of Armory Road with Liberty Street (Virginia Route 108); thence along Armory Road to its intersection with Elizabeth Street Extention; thence southwardly along Elizabeth Street to Fayette Street; thence, continuing southwardly, along the extension of Elizabeth Street to its intersection with West Church Street (present Virginia Route 57); this re-routing being a distance of approximately 1.68 miles; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, by previous action, has requested the favorable consideration by the Virginia Department of Highways of this project and is of the opinion that such re-routing in the manner proposed will be of great value to the movement of street and highway traffic within, to, and through the City of Martinsville and its e~virons; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-seventh day of July, 1965, that request be and is hereby made of the Virginia Department of Highways for the re-routing and the establishing of a portion of Virginia Route 57 within the City of Martinsville in accordance with the aforesaid general location and plan; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Martinsville hereby agrees to participate to the extent of fifteen per cent (15%) of the cost of this project, including cost of engineering, preparation of plans, and construction; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that--upon the completing and the opening to traffic of the now-proposed project--the City of Martinsville will be in accord with the discontinuing of those sections of Virginia Routes 57 and 108 as primary routes (as will be affected by the re-routing of Virginia Route 57), under the allocating of funds by the Highway Department for maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of primary routes within municipalities, as provided for and prescribed in the Virginia statutes. Upon being notified by an authorized representative that the United States Post Office Department anticipates requiring a tract of land of less frontage than cited in the resolution adopted July 13, 1965, entitled, "A Resolution Authorizing Execution Of Option To Sell To The United States Post Office ,- Department A Specified Tract of Land Owned By The City Of Martinsville And Located Within The City Of Martinsville", Council rescinded said resolution and adopted the following resolution of like title to provide for the executing