HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 87-05RESOLUTION NO.87-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,REQUESTING THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANS—
PORTATION TO CONSIDER A FUTURE ALIGNMENT OF STATE ROUTE 88 IN
THE VICINITY OF GOLDFIELD ROAD WITH NO INTERRUPTIONS OF EXISTING
STATE ROUTE 88.
WHEREAS the Superstition Freeway is scheduled for extension from Power
Road to US 60;and
WHEREAS the State desires to connect State Route 88 with the Superstition
Freeway;and
WHEREAS alternative alignments appear to be along the section line road—
ways designated and developed as Idaho Road,Tomahawk Road and Goldfield Road;
and
WHEREAS Idaho,Tomahawk and Goldfield roads are presently developed as
city streets;and
WHEREAS city streets will become congested as commercial and residential
development occurs;and
WHEREAS outer loop corridors should be planned now to accommodate long
term traffic volume increases;and
WHEREAS the Red Mountain and the South Loop expressways should ultimately
be extended to the easterly limits of Apache Junction;and
WHEREAS State and Bureau of Land Management property in the vicinity
of Goldfield Road appears to be a viable location for the State Route 88
corridor;and
WHEREAS residential areas along Goldfield Road should be protected from
any detrimental aspects a new corridor could create;and
WHEREAS the existing physical alignment of State Route 88 should remain
unchanged until after the Superstition Freeway is completed.
NOW.THEREFORE,be i t resolved by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Apache Junction that the Arizona Department of Transportation concentrate
it's study in the Goldfield Road vicinity as a future corridor for State Route
88,with no interruptions of existing State Route 88.
PASSED this 3RD day of FEBRUARY ,19 87 by the Mayor
and City Council of the City of Apache Junction,Arizona.
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY ,19 87 •
Norman S.Hill.Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathleen Connelly,City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
afridF.Ale -iW6det,City Attorney
RESOLUTION NO.87-05
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