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Item No. 4B <br />TO: Mayor & Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: HIGHWAY WIDENING SUPPORT <br />DATE: June 29, 2018 <br />BACKGROUND: Transportation is and always has been important to the economic vitality of <br />any community. Over time, highway dollars allocated by TXDOT have often gone to priorities <br />other than Lamar and neighboring counties. As a result, US Highways 271 and 82 remain only <br />two lanes wide south, east, and west of Paris. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: TXDOT updates and maintains a Unified Transportation Plan which in <br />turn greatly affects future planning and funding for state managed highways. Dan Perry, Director <br />of Transportation Planning and Development for our local TXDOT district, has asked that we <br />and other communities, businesses, and individuals express our support for the widening of both <br />of these highways, thereby establishing continuing four -lane transportation in every direction. In <br />fact, it is hoped that over time a four -lane US 82 will become an alternate route to reduce traffic <br />on an already overloaded 11130. The attached proclamation will formalize the city's support of <br />including these projects in the 2019 UTP, and for funding of planning, engineering, and ultimate <br />construction of these two important highway segments. <br />BUDGET: NA <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve proclamation. <br />