HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 024-2008 Resolution No. 24-08
Resolution to Change the Functional Classification of Certain Streets
in the City of Brookings
WHEREAS,There are identified specific Functional Classifications of roads and streets
within the City of Brookings as prescribed by the rules of the Federal Highway Administration,
and
WHEREAS, 7th Avenue between 3rd Street and 11th Street, and 11th Street between 7th
Avenue and Medary Avenue are currently classified as URBAN COLLECTOR streets, and
WHEREAS, 7th Avenue between 3rd Street and 11th Street, and 11th Street between 7th
Avenue and Medary Avenue currently serve local traffic and are signed to prohibit truck traffic,
and
WHEREAS, 34th Avenue from Highway 14 to the South City Limits at 8th Street South
is currently not part of Brookings's Federal Classification, and
WHEREAS, 34th Avenue from Highway 14 to the South City Limits serves a large
volume of the traffic from the L. G. Everest, Inc. quarry and numerous industry employees east
of Interstate 29, and
WHEREAS, 34th Avenue is one of Brookings's access points of the access controlled
SD Highway 14,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BROOKINGS that 7th Avenue between 3rd Street and 11th Street, and 11th Street
between 7th Avenue and Medary Avenue be removed from the Federal Aid System in the City of
Brookings, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 34th Avenue, from Highway 14 to South City
Limits near 8th Street South be added to the Federal Aid System in the City of Brookings as
URBAN COLLECTOR.
Passed and approved this 11th day of March 2008.
CITY OF BROOKINGS
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