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RESOLUTION NO. 41-87
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,
STRONGLY OPPOSING ANY HIGH LEVEL, FIXED SPAN BRIDGE TO REPLACE THE PRESENT
PARKER BRIDGE; FURNISHING COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO OUR U. S. SENATOR AND CUR
U. S. CONGRESSMAN, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AND THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PAU4 BEACH COUNTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation is in the process of a
thirty month study for improvements to U. S. 41 from just south of the Parker
Bridge in North Palm Beach to Indiantaan Road in Jupiter; and
WHEREAS, the proposed DOT plans include the renovation and/or
reconstruction of the Parker Bridge to a fixed span of sixty-five feet high, or
a bascule design of forty-two feet high; and
WHEREAS, said plans for these bridge heights at that location would
create visual pollution, would spread sound and noise' a longer distance
throughout a primarily residential area, and would canpletely destroy the
adjacent property values as well as impair the health, safety and welfare of the
neighboring residents; and
WHEREAS, the DOT proposes a widening of U. S. 11 immediately north and
south of the present span;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida, hereby
goes on record as opposing the aforementioned changes.
Section 2. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida requests
that the Department of Transportation explore a tunnel as a first viable
option.
Section 3. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida
secondly recommends using the present level bascule bridge, with any
necessary improvements.
Section 4. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida strongly
supports further studies of the traffic patterns after the completion of I-95,
Military Trail and A-1-A before the U. S. i1 report is aoted upon.
Section 5. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida
recommends that the study be renewed to have the Parker Bridge open only on the
hour and half hour year-round and not on a demand basis a good portion of the
year, and that those hours be posted to motorists and boaters alike.
Section 6. The Village Clerk of the Village of North Palm Beach,
Florida is hereby authorized and directed to furnish copies of this Resolution
to our U. S. Senator and our U. S. Congressman, the Palm Beach County
Legislative Delegation, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U. S. Coast Gard.
Section 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1987.
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