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328 ~.~ ;:~I~ ? TUESDAY .~ APRIL 24, 1990 replacement- project-.-crossing the Norfolk Southern Railroad which should be coordinated with the bridge replacement project; and ..... WHEREAS, the construction of the roadway as herein described will delay or]negatethewidening and extension of Commonwealth-Boulevard= from Fairy Street to East Church Street at itsiintersection with Salmon Street, as ·shown in the Martinsville Area 1985Transportation Plan and as included in VDOT's Six-Year Program; now, therefore, . '- ~ BE;' IT RESOLVED by the Council of. the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled April 24, 1990, that said Council requests the VDOT to amend the 1985 Year 2000 Transportation Plan to add and include-in that Plan the widening and extension of Hooker Street, beginning at the intersection of Commonwealth Boulevard and Fairy Street and extending southeastward to East Church Street at its intersection with Bob Gregory Street, following the general alignment as above described; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Council that the herein described project be constructed in conjunction with the replacement of the current bridge structure on Church ~Street. crossing the Norfolk Southern Railroad; and · :vBE ;IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Martinsville, Virginia agrees to pay its 2% share of the total cost of this project, including engineering, right-of-way, and construction costs. Mr. Brown stated that he and Leon Towarnicki,, Director of Public Works,-had met with state officials in order ~to. propose these changes. The- state officials expressed some-interest in the project and-felt that the costs would be no more than equal to the costs~associated with the extension of Commonwealth Boulevard. Mr. Brown stated that he and Mr. Towarnicki feel that-the cost of four- laning Hooker Street from Fairy Street to°·East-Church Street would be less expensive than the'extension of Commonwealth Boulevard.