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RESOLUTION 2002-30
REQUESTING THE WESTBOUND ROUTE 114 BRIDGE BE REPLACED
WHEREAS, Commuting for work, shopping, and recreation is a way of life in the New River Valley, with
some 40 percent of employed persons working in localities other than those in which they reside and with
the Rt. 460-Rt.114 intersection area serving as the region's center for retail commerce; and
WHEREAS, Route 114 serves as a major transportation artery for the entire region; and
WHEREAS, Route 114 is the only primary highway route serving the Radford Army Ammunition Plant;
and
WHEREAS, In June of 2002, the westbound bridge was damaged to the point that it was necessary for the
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to close the bridge and move westbound traffic to the
eastbound bridge, such that the eastbound bridge now carries all Route 114 traffic; and
WHEREAS, Replacement of the westbound Route 114 bridges (i.e., across New River and nearby rail
line) was removed from the Six-Year Transportation Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski VA does
hereby request that the Commonwealth Transportation Board return the bridge to the Six Year
• Transportation Program, and that VDOT undertake replacement of the bridge as an emergency action to
return Route 114 to its full capacity; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council encourages localities in the Planning District and
members of the regions General Assembly delegation to request that the Commonwealth Transportation
Board and VDOT take those actions which are necessary to replace the westbound Route 114 bridge in a
timely fashion.
This resolution is adopted by recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, on this
6~' day of August 2002 as follows:
Bettye H. Steger
E.G. Black, Jr.
James M. Neblett, Jr.
- Aye Dr. Kenneth M. Fleenor -Aye
- Aye Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye
- Aye Pauline G. Mitchell -Aye
John T. Bolen -Aye
TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
Charles W. Stewart, Jr., Mayor ~
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• Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council