1986-015RESOLUTION NO. 86 -IS
WHEREAS, State Highway 114 is the main transportation
route through which residents and non-residents access the
City of Southlake, Texas (the "City"); and
WHEREAS, the present development within the City and
in the areas surrounding Highway 114 has created a traffic
safety problem on the presently existing State Highway 114
facility and increased utilization of the existing roadway
facility is anticipated as the surrounding area transforms
from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban
environment; and
WHEREAS, adequate transportation arteries are essential
to the orderly growth and development of the City and the
safety of its residents and State Highway 114 is of particular
concern to the City; and
WHEREAS, the State Highway 114 Steering Committee has
been formed to address the concerns of municipalities and
landowners for the improvement of State Highway 114; and
WHEREAS, the City has participated in the State Highway
114 Steering Committee study; and
WHEREAS, the study conducted by the State Highway 114
Steering Committee recognizes the need to upgrade the present
two to four -lane rural road to a limited access freeway
facility with grade -separated interchange to accommodate the
expected increase in traffic, and provide for the safe transit
of residents and visitors; and
WHEREAS, certain plans have been formulated by the
engineering firms of Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., and URS
Corporation in connection with the State Highway 114 Steering
Committee study (the "Highway 114 Study"); and
WHEREAS, the Highway 114 Study addresses the safety needs
and promotes the orderly development of the City; and
WHEREAS, although the requirement for the eventual
improvement of State Highway 114 has been recognized, the plans
of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
have not as yet recognized the changed conditions which exist
in the City and in the area and funds have not yet been
committed to insure expeditious construction of this
much-needed project;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Southlake, Texas, that:
The State Department of Highways and Public Transporta-
tion is respectfully urged (a) to adopt the concept of
a limited access freeway design with grade -separated
interchanges for State Highway 114 in place of the current
plan to construct State Highway 114 as a four -lane divided
highway with at -grade intersections; (b) to adopt the
study prepared by Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. and
URS Corporation for that section of Highway 114 from the
Trophy Lake Drive intersection with Highway 114 going
east to the City of Grapevine; and (c) to take all steps
necessary to insure the early completion of the
improvements described in the State Highway 114 Steering
Committee study for the road section from Grapevine to
the Trophy Lake Drive intersection.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this
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1986.
CITY OF S
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Cit;'S-ecrbtary of theCity
City of Southlake
day of February