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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 91-006 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there is now pending before the Texas Highway <br />Commission a proposal known as the "Green Carpet Route" for <br />increasing traffic capacity on U. S. Highway 271 by <br />completing to a four-lane highway all sections of its route <br />from the Texas Gulf Coast to Paris, Texas; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the East Texas/Gulf Highway <br />almost twenty years has been dedicated to <br />Carpet Route completed; and, <br /> <br />Association for <br />see the Green <br /> <br />WHEREAS, completion of the Route is within three <br />priorities of reaching its goal: 1) four lanes - three miles <br />on U.S. 271 (Mount Pleasant to Franklin County Line); 2) four <br />lanes - 47 miles on U.S. 271 (Franklin County Line to Paris); <br />and 3) a single route designation for the entire route; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has <br />continued its support of the twenty seven year effort of the <br />East Texas Gulf Highway Association; NOW THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />that the three priorities for completion of the "Green Carpet <br />Route", being: 1) four lanes - three miles on <br />U.S. 271 (Mount Pleasant to Franklin County Line); 2) four <br />lanes - 47 miles on U.S. 271 (Franklin County Line to Paris); <br />and 3) a single route designation for the entire route, are <br />hereby endorsed for approval by the State Highway Commission. <br /> <br />Passed and adopted this 14th day of January 1991 <br /> <br />~ ~~ <br /> <br />Er ic S. Cl1 ford, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />\ ~ \' <br />Mattie Cunningham, <br /> <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br /> <br />