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40 THUfLS DAY JULY 17, 1951\. ?ave~nt a.deq~,a.te fo':' thr'~e tra!'fic lanes ,,;ill be built in the section bet-wee:'! the IIo:)lccr ?t1roitm'o Corporation parkin[; lot 2nd ell';rc;] Street to facilit.2.tc tUl'n:;.l:C novement a t the Church street intersection. The remainder of the road tr...roucll to Clearv~J)':; I:'ri-c will be two 1'::'.ne;:; pavement. In the Hooker Furniblre l.~lclDt 21~ea the r02d ,:::i.11 be locccted ce:::wrally along a portion of' the p':'escnt Joyle street. After lea"r;_EL.; Doyle Str8ct the ney.; route the:'lce v:ill proce,;(: presently 'J.ndeveloped land. J.i:;ht-of....'ray for 1,280 ft. of the road has bereD obtained from '1ooJ:e1' ?'Jl'niture COrJioration. The Lester Lumber Company i[; conve:yins right-of-way for 6,923 ft. of the lengt1-.. Tb.cre vrill be one ne"w cOT'..nect,inc street constructed "."[hieh ,'till extend from the intersection of Nyack Road 8.nd Pine Street up to intersect the nevr road.v2,y at a.bout nY point in its length. ::;'i,;ht-of-vmy for the 420 ft. of the connectinc road has been obtained from Lester Ltunber Company 2nd fron lIre (( :.lr5. Rives S. Drovm, Sr. ThroU[~hont its overnll distance the road drops 257 feet in elevption from its intersection with Church street to its intersection wi th Clearview Drive. At one point it crosses a proposed extension of Fairy Street and a ;;r2cle intersection at. th:Ls tentative stroet ,viII be constructed. Included in the arransement for the roa(l, has been an agreement by Lester Lumber CODpany and Hr. & Mrs. R. C. Harris of Clearvierr Drive, that they would acree to the abQndonment of approximately 205 ft. of Juc118~T Street T.tiich extends from Cle81~view Drive betwoRD their proliertios. T'nis section of Dlldley jtrect ...rill not actually be ab~mdoned until aftcr~,;le ne"\'[ roac1w2.y is constructed. After construction pro~)er lec;al procedures will be put into movement for such an abandonment. 1118 res identi al 11roperties now located on fjudley Street will be provided wi tlJ an access to the new road and there 1."rould. be no further use of the section of Dudley street proposed fo:.' G.bandonDEmt. Acquisition of the right-of-vray brings to a close approximately 14 months of surveys and nOGotiatiorB for a route. In the early staGes of considering a road between Ch"U."':'C"1 street anc' Cle<:'Tvierr Drive first surveys were for a route that would generi:"~lly parallel closely the Corolin2,:'Jlcl l:ortLvrcstern Railroad and follow Doyle street throu;::h the Lester Branch valley to 1\'yack Road and thence throuC;h L'nc~c,.'eloped country on to Clear-vicr; :;""1'ivo. Problems rclating to right-oi'-vray acquisition along with foreseeable construction difficulties led the City to evaluate a new route at a hi~her clev9tion. It I"ras this new route that has been selected which will present, less construction cost due to distance and availability of ri~:ht-of-I"T2.Y. During right-of-way negotiations severe.l modifications vrere mc.de in tbe new route. Heports have been J1tcde to City Council at various staGes in consideration of the road and the City COlmcil, after :r-8vievrinc: the l!roject, gave its agree- ment to the ul')per level route. The primary purpose of the proposed road is to provide a t:>:>affic connection between the north and east areas of the City. It is also considered that the road will re1ic,ve V'.c C.~ow;l-ta\"rn business streets of some traffic which must now pass directly tJ1rOllgh the dovm-tovm district in orrJer to reach different areas of town. The route is not intended to serve as or offset a possible future northern by-pass as has been considered in the City for ::'. mmber of years. However, should such a by-pass be built portions of this new road could serve as a section of the by-pass and the remaininz sections would be valuable as connecting streets. The new roadway is e..v.::pected also to ol)en for developr,ent sections of the City through which it 1)8.sses and vlhich it connects. The intersection of the new road with Church Street will be designed in anticipation of the planned vJideninc and rebuilding of Church street (Danville Road) .