HomeMy WebLinkAbout857RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council
of the City of Kent, Washington requesting
the Washington State Department of Trans-
portation to conduct a regional traffic
study.
WHEREAS the City of Kent is experiencing severe
traffic congestion problems, and
WHEREAS a substantial contributing factor to the
traffic congestion is developmen·t in areas outside the city
limits over which the city has no control, and
WHEREAS continued development without a comprehensive
regional traffic circulation plan will result in still further
congestion with an attendant increase in traffic accidents,
injuries, deaths and property damage, and
WHEREAS no such comprehensive regional traffic circu-
lation plan exists for the greater Kent area, and the City of
Kent has been informed that the Department of Transporation has
no plans to conduct the type of regional traffic study which
would be required to formulate a comprehensive regional traffic
circulation plan, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON,
DO HEREBY RESOLVE:
Section 1. That the State of Washington, Department
of Transportation be and hereby is requested to
implement a regional traffic study.
Section 2. That as a minimum the study should in--
clude the area from Petrovitsky Road (North 180th/
S.W. 43rd) on the North, the South Auburn City
limits on the South, I-5 on the West, and Maple
Valley Highway on the East.
Section 3. That King County and the cities
of Renton, Tukwila and Auburn are encouraged
to join in this request.
PASSED at a regular meeting of the Kent City
Council this 15th day of January, 1979.
ATTEST:
FORM:
DONALD E. MIRK, CITY ATTORNEY
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of
Resolution No. <J'...sZ , passed by the City Council of
the City of Kent, Washington, the 15th day of January, 1979.
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