HomeMy WebLinkAbout6934 - Revisions to CdM & Pacific Coast FreewaysRESOLUTION NO. 6 93 4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH REQUESTING THAT THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY COMMISSION ORDER A REVISION IN THE
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR SEGMENTS OF THE CORONA
DEL MAR AND PACIFIC COAST FREEWAYS IN ORDER TO
MEET MOUNTING TRAFFIC DEMANDS
WHEREAS, the Newport Harbor area is experiencing an
unusually rapid growth in population, industry and commerce; and
WHEREAS, the University of California at Irvine is
expanding its major educational facility in the immediate area;
and
WHEREAS, public use of the beaches and other coastal
recreational facilities is constantly increasing; and
WHEREAS, the current traffic demands already have exceeded
the designed capacity of the local street and highway system; and
WHEREAS, this deficiency has created an urgent need for
a freeway link between the San Diego Freeway and the southern
Newport Harbor coastal area to meet the overwhelming traffic demands;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach that the California Highway Commission take
the following actions:
1. That it accelerate the schedule for the completion of
the work on the Corona del Mar Freeway;
2. That it schedule the completion of the section of the
Corona del Mar Freeway between the San Diego Freeway and the
entrance to the University of California at Irvine concurrently with
the construction of the eastern section of the Pacific Coast Freeway
between Bayside Drive and the easterly limits of the City of
Newport Beach, in order to reduce traffic congestion in Costa Mesa
• and in Corona del Mar.
ADOPTED this r day of February, 1969.
ATTEST: Mayor
C 'Clerk THS :mh
2/20/69
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