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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1993 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor AllanMcClain presiding, was held Tuesday, November 23, 1993, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council were present: Allan McClain, Mayor; George B. Adams, Jr., Vice-Mayor; Steve M. Draper; L.D. Oakes; and Clyde L. Williams. After the invocation, followed by Mayor McClain's cordial welcome to visitors present, Council approved the minutes of its November 9, 1993 meeting as circulated. Presentation of a Service Award was made to Nancy Henderson, Martinsville-Henry County Clean Community Commission, 1982-93. Several members of Council praised Ms. Henderson's service to the community as Chairman of this organization. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved the following Resolution: WHEREAS, the Route 220 Corridor from Roanoke to the North Carolina line is a primary link between western Virginia and the 1-81 Corridor with the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, portions of existing Route 220 were built as early as the 1950's and are now badly antiquated and inadequate for current traffic levels and modern truck traffic; and WHEREAS, Route 220 has among the worst safety records of any major four-lane facility within the Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, the Counties of Roanoke, Franklin, and Henry, the Cities of Martinsville and Roanoke, and the Towns of Rocky Mount and Vinton, as well as other various localities that are served by this Corridor, are concerned about the lack of specific plans to modernize this arterial highway; and WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Highways has previously undertaken Corridor Studies elsewhere as on Route 220 north from 1-64 to the West Virginia line, a distance of approximately seventy miles, in order to identify, prioritiZe and schedule needed improvements along this