HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 1-44FCESQLUTTO,~q~ NO. 1-44
~A RESOLUTION REQUESTING. Ti~E COi~Y-
PLETiON OF 2:~EB BAKEHSFiELD-TE~CHAPI
HiGi~AY. ~
~fi~I{EAS, the State'of California, through"its Department
of ~blic Works, has heretofore commenced the improvement of the
State Highway between the City of BakerSfieldand the City of
Tehachapi, and
~TiTZREAS, due to shortage of necessary material 'the work
has been 'indefinitely postponed, and
WHETS, said highway is the o~nly'thor.oughfare between the
floor of'the San Joaquin Valley and the' MojaVe 'area, and
Wi~EEiiEAS, the present road is through mountainous terrain
and the curves on the same make traffic exceedingly slow and
.hazardous, and that with the completion of the new road suclQ curves
and traffic hazards will be eliminated, and '
~EREAS, said road is necessary to handlea vast amount
of'war material, butane, army,"navy and marine caravanS,-and neces-
sary .products between the air base at Moja~e and. Muroc and 'the
oilfields and commercial houses. in the City of Bakersfield;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE iT. RESOLVeD by the City Council of the
City of BakerSfield, that the State.Dep·artmentof. PublicWorks,
Division of. High~vays, be requested to take every. possibie step to
complete the new high~vaybetween Bakersfield'andTehachapi, in the.
County of Kern, State of California.'
BE iT FURTi-~R ~SOLVED, that the City Council .cooperate
with the said State'of California, Division of Highways, to.the
end that the said bottleneCk in the transportation'necessary for
war material be eliminated between said'points.
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· I HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore~oing*Resoiuti0n was
passed and adopted by the Council.Of thS city of Bakersfield,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 10t~~ day of January,
1944, by the following vote: '~
AYES: CARNAKI$, I%",ARMADUKE, ~ SIEMON, SMITH, VANDERLEI, VERCAMMEN
CounciZ of the Clty of., BakersfleZd.
' ~the City of Bakersfiel~'..~ "