1015 RES CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE OF CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC ON MOST OF US HIGHWAYS, STATE HIGHWAYS AND FARM TO MARKET ROADSR.ESOLUTION NO, 1015 .
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, has for some
time been awar e of the congestion of the traffic on most of the U. S.
Highways, Sta,te Highways, and Farm to Market Road s, leading into and
through the City of Paris, and the City is fully aware of the already exist-
ing congestinn of traffic on said highways during certai.n hour s of the day;
and,
WHEREAS, within recent years considerable new development has
been taking place in the City of Pa,ris, Texas, and in particular some rather
large industries are located around the perixneter of the City of Pa,ris, and
which, in the opinion of the City C o uncil, will in the future aggr avate the
already traffic congestion; and,
WHEREAS, the Gity of Paris has been unable to determine just what
a ction should be take n in o rder to cor rect and remedy the movement of
traffic on said highways and around the public square in the City of Paris;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESQLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL aF THE CITY OF PARI,S,
That the State Highway Department, through its traffic engineers, be re-
quested to make a traffic study of the various highways le ading into and
through the City of Paris, Texas, and make a finding of the condition of
such traffic congestion, and that said traffic engineers recommend to the
City of Paris what steps may be taken on the part of the City to remedy
the traffic c onge stion and cause the traffic to flow into an d throug h the
City more rapidly and on a more satisfactory basis. That the recommenda-
tions, consider first, cost of the remedy and the most effective things that
may be done within the budgeta.ry means of the City of Paris.
Passed and adopted this 23rd day of July, A. D. , 1962.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORMe
ity Attorney.,