HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 78-165 - Requesting MnDOT to Hasten TH 212 Final Alignment and Right-of-Way Acquisition - 09/05/1978 Sept. 5, 1978
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 78-165
RESOLUTION REQUESTING MINNESOTA D.O.T.
TO HASTEN T.H. 212 FINAL ALIGNMENT AND
R/W ACQUISITION
WHEREAS, the proposed alignment corridor of future T.H. 212
crosses through a major portion of Eden Prairie, and,
WHEREAS, the City is facing increasingly active development
pressures which may result in serious encroachments into said T.H. 212
corridor, resulting in substantially higher R/W acquisition costs which
all taxpayers must bear, and,
WHEREAS, serious traffic congestion and accidents along exist-
in . T.H. 5 and T.H. 169 will continue to worsen without the implementation
of the plans for T.H. 212.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Eden Prairie City Council
as follows:
• 1. That the Commissioner of MINN. D.O.T. is herein urgently
requested to proceed without delay to define the R/W limits
for the proposed T.HL 212 extension and that a plan be
developed to acquire or otherwise reserve said R/W where
development pressures are occuring
2. That actual construction of T.H. 212 be planned and programmed
for the earliest possible future date.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on the 5th day of
September, 1978.
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fga H 4 Penzel , Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
?JD--,---?f197ne, Clerk
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