HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #412F~ Ii; S G L U '1' T O N No. l.~12.
~~'HEKEE~.S, the Federal Highway Act of 156 did not provide
a North-South Interstate type hig'~t.;.r;, for the area of lllinois
from FA155 in the vicinity of Lincoln to PA174 in the vicinity of
Peoria and thence to FAI-$0 in the vicinity of LaSalle-Peru; and
}a'~HERE~~S, this area, already a rna jor industrial complex,
with new industries recently announcinn; plant facilities exceeding
half a billion dcllGrs and, with additional new industries con-
templatin~, locatin^ therein; and
'.J~LREAS, this area already has an existing; population
approaching one-half million and a predicted t'strip city" well
on its way to realitJT; and
"ti°IHFi-t7~aAS, the lack of adequate I~~orth-Sout7~ highway facilities
has been an extreme burden to the transportation needs of all seg-
ments of the population, including the farmer, the manufacturer,
the 1a borer, the retailer and wholesaler, the salesman, the military,
the government official, and. the thousands of families living in
this area;
NOu3, T~haltFFGRF, 'rjE T`l' :ES()L~';VD BY '"l'11:~ CITY CGUI~CIL OF
THE CITY C7F C~,NTC1V, ILI:Ir~CIS:
Section 1. That we, t;he public officials representing
our towns, cities and counties attending; this session in Peoria,
Illinois, this 3rd da~T of September, 1_g65, and whose signatures
are affixed hereto, do declare and affirm that t'r~e recommended
interstate route connecting; the area beforehand described and
proposed by Governor Gtto Kerner acid the Illinois liivision of
Highways will. recognize the ammission from the Federal Highway Act
of 1956 and will provide this area wi_ th tine t«ne of ~1ort~h-South
transportation facility it has sorely laeked:these many years.
Section 2. BE Ii' FLI~7'Ii'_;R ~:LSG1_VED that we commend
Governor Otto Kerner and the Illinois Division of Highways for
their foresight and judrrment in formulating; this proposal.
Section 3. BE I~1~ F'UrtTi-i~';'r~ ~~~~SCI,Vr~D that we urge the
I~'ederal Bureau of Ftoads to immediately adopt this recomrn~nded
proposal and take trie necessary steps to cause this highway to
become a reality as soon as possible.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton
County, Illinois, and approved by the filayor this 7th day of Septem-
ber A. D. 1965.
APPnOVLD : ..2.-'' _ ~ ~.
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ATTEST: -t=-L~~~- G~' ~._, ~: ~,~- 1~.
CITY CLERK.