0740RESOLUTION NO. 740 (#06 - 2016)
A RESOLUTION M SUPPORT OF DESIGN AND ENGINEER
INCLUSION OFA NEW INTERCHANGE AT COFFEL T ROAD DURING
THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARKANSAS HIGHWAY &
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT JOB #C40605 (VANDENBERG
BOULEVARD TO HIGHWA Y5); AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES,
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Highway &
process of considering design and develor
Widening and Expansion Project;
Transportation Department (AHTD) is in the
iment criteria for AHTD's Highway 67/167
WHEREAS, because design and development of a new interchange at Coffelt
Road would enhance development of the Northeast Pulaski County/Northwest Lonoke
County Corridor along Hwy. 67/167, facilitate connection of Highway 89 Corridor to I-40
at Mayflower, and serve to ease existing traffic congestion in the area, the City Council
encourages AHTD to include design and development of an interchange at Coffelt Road;
and,
WHEREAS, in that the purpose of AHTD's Hwy. 67/167 Widening Project is to
ease the increased traffic congestion along Hwy. 67/167, additional interchanges at
appropriate locations will serve to enhance and improve the quality of life for residents of
Jacksonville, Northeast Pulaski County, Northwest Lonoke County, Cabot, and other areas
north along the Hwy. 67/167 corridor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BELT RESOL VED BY THE CITYCOUNUL OF THE CITY
OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT.
SECTION ONE: City Council members encourage and support inclusion of
a new Interchange at Coffelt Road in the design and development of Arkansas Highway &
Transportation Department Job #CA0605, which is the widening and expansion of Hwy.
67/167 from Vandenberg Boulevard to Hwy. 5. Doing so is justified and needed to assist
in reducing the increased traffic congestion for the area and the shift in population along
the Hwy. 67/167 Corridor and throughout the areas.
SECTION TWO; Mayor Fletcher and City Clerk Davitt are authorized and
directed to present a certified copy of this Resolution after passage by the City Council to
the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department for consideration during their design
of AHTD Job #CA0605.
RESOLUTION NO, 740 (#06-2016)
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SECTION THREE: Any and all other Resolutions in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict. This Resolution shall be in effect from and
after its date of passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS +�' DA Y OFAPRIL, 2016.
CITY OFIACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS