HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 56-61RESOLUTION NO. 56-61
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REQUESTING THAT'
HIGHWAY 466 BETWEEN BARSTOWAND BAKERS-·
FIELD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, that portion of Highway 466 connecting the City of
Barstow with the City of Bakersfield has experienced a tremendous in-
crease in the volume of traffic using said .highway,· and
WHEREAS, under the normal State Highway'Construction Program
it is estimated that completion of a freeway between Barstow and
Bakersfield would require a period'of from'five to twelve'years,. and
WHEREAS, if the proposed freeway were included within the
Interstate Highway. System the Project would be completed in considerably
less time, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that of the over 11,000 vehicles which
travel daily on U. S. Highway 66 at Barstow, that 2,000 of these '·"
vehicles could use the cut-off between ·Barstow and Bakersfield, saving
approximately 150 miles, over three hours. time, considerable mountain
travel, thus avoiding the traffic congestion in the Los Angeles. area,
and
WHEREAS, Highway 466 ~inks Eastern Kern County with the City of
Bakersfield, the early c6mpletion of the pro'posed Freeway would result
in a substantial economic benefit to the City of'Bakersfi'eld,'and
WHEREAS, in the event of a national disaster the proposed freeway
would be of value to the armed forces, and to' the civilian population
from the Greater Bakersfield.area.who might evacuate to the Tehachapi
area in search of shelter from atomic fall-out, and
'WHEREAS, the location of the proposed freeway has already been
app~ove d,__~¢~p~dera~ le en~e~g~ ~.e~_.~n~_,...sp~_=?_~_ t~ property
acquired and a portion of the freeway already constructed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Bakersfield that the Council extends its full support to the
proposal that Highway 466 between Bars tow and Bakersfield be included
within the Interstate 'Highway System.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the CoUncil of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting
.thereof held on the 5th day of June, 1961, by the following vote:
::EE;: ~ ,~.' , OL ' , . .':S, MARCHBANKS, MOgSMAN, STERN
F: Z_,:./51i, jS CP.O DOOLIN,
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ABSI'AININ(~: _- '
'M~YOR of ~he qity of Bakersfield.
ci ',;,~,& ~:~-of-ficio Clerk of
Council of 'the City of Bakersfield.
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