HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 82-34 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas, has determined that there is a need to improve Old
Denton Road (FM 2281) from Trinity Mills Road to State Highway
121, and
WHEREAS, the City of Carrollton has determined that there
is an urgent need to construct the southern half of this
project from Trinity Mills Road to a point 500 feet north
of Rosemeade Parkway, and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer for the City of Carrollton
has determined that it would cost the City of Carrollton
$3,697,085 to build a six-lane divided thoroughfare along
FM 2281 from Trinity Mills Road to a point 500 feet north
of Rosemeade Parkway, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of The Colony is
supportive of Carrollton's interest in working with the State
Department of Highways and Public Transportation to improve
FM 2281 from Trinity Mills Road to State Highway 121 with
the City of Carrollton being responsible for: (1) the construc-
tion of a six-lane divided thoroughfare from Trinity Mills
Road to a point 500 feet north of Rosemeade Parkway, and
(2) the cost of curb, gutter, drainage and right-of-way acqui-
sition north of Rosemeade Parkway to State Highway 121 with
the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
being responsible for the construction of Old Denton Road
as a six-lane divided thoroughfare from a point 500 feet
north of Rosemeade Parkway to State Highway 121;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
That the City Council hereby endorses the construction
of FM 2281 as a six-lane divided thoroughfare from the Dallas-
Denton County line to State Highway 121 and supports the City of
Carrollton in their presentation to the Department of Highways
and Public Transportation proposing that they will be responsible
for the construction of a six-lane divided roadway along
FM 2281 from Trinity Mills Road north to a point 500 feet
north of Rosemeade Parkway and
That the State Department of Highways and Public Trans-
portation will be responsible for the construction of a six-
lane divided thoroughfare along FM 2281 from a point 500
feet north of Rosemeade Parkway to State Highway 121, excluding
the cost of curb, gutter, drainage and right-of-way acquisition.
1982. /
G~,~E POLLARD, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ICE CARROLL, CITY SECRETARY