HomeMy WebLinkAbout3-22-2007-2a - Resolution - 03/22/2007 Cs. RESOLUTION NO. 3 -22- 2007 -2a
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS, REQUESTING THAT: (1) THE STUDY AREA FOR THE TTC -69 BE
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE BRAZOS COUNTY; (2) THE PROPOSED TTC -69 ROUTE
ENTER BRAZOS COUNTY.
WHEREAS, economic development and job creation for the College Station area has been
hampered by the lack of transportation service from an interstate highway; and,
WHEREAS, an effort has been underway for over a decade to build a new interstate
highway, I -69, linking the US /Mexico Border to Canada; and,
WHEREAS, half of the freight traffic between the United States and Mexico passes
through Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley which would be served by the proposed
1 -69 route; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation proposes to build I -69 as Trans -
Texas Corridor 69 (TTC -69); and,
L WHEREAS, the Port of Brownsville, Port of Corpus Christi and the Port of Houston will
be connected to the proposed TTC -69 route; and,
WHEREAS, the Brazos Valley has the opportunity to be served by TTC -69 and share in
the economic development, service to business and job creation the corridor will bring;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE QTY COUNCIL OF THE QTY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS:
PART 1: That the City of College Station requests that the study area for TTC -69 be
expanded to include Brazos County;
PART 2: That the proposed TTC -69 route enter Brazos County to serve our existing
industrial base and the future industrial sites proposed for the City of
College Station and Brazos County.
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ADOPTED this 22n day of March, AD. 2007.
AI'IIi ST: APPROVED:
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CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary RON S ge Mayo'
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APPROVED:
City Attorney
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