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RESOLUTION NO. 5"'- 10 0
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles requesting the 1961 Washington State legis-
lature to appropriate funds for the extension of
Front Street from the East limits of the City of
Port Angeles to U. S. Highway 101.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles is a city of the
second class, having a population of approximately 11,800
persons and is, as shown by an origin and destination survey
conducted by the Washington State Department of Highways, the
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terminus of 95% of the traffic moving in a Westerly direction
across the Northern end of the Olympic Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, there presently exists only one entrance and
exit into the principal portion of the City of Port Angeles
from the East; and
WHEREAS, a blockage of U. S. Highway 101 entering Port
Angeles from the East would create a dangerous situation both
from a fire protection problem and evacuation problemJ and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
has agreed to extend Front Street over ground of difficult
topography to the East City limits and is in need of help from
the State of Washington in extending said street to U. S. High-
way 101 at a point East of the City limits1 now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES that it requests the 1961 session of the Washington
State legislature to appropriate and make available to the
Washington State Department of Highways sufficient funds to
extend Front Street from the East City limits of the City of
Port Angeles to U. S. Highway 101 at a point East of the City
and to construct the necessary tie-in with U. S. Highway 101.
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PASSED by the City Council this day of Septem-
ber, 1960.
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