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1.96 WITH 12,080 FOR LINE "B',, AND 12,420 FOR LINE "CB", AND THAT ESTIMATED ANNUAL VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL IN 1975 WILL AMOUNT TO 214.6 MILLION MILES FOR LINE 'C' AS COMPARED TO 2~0.5 MILLION MILES FOR LINE 'B' AND 205.2 MILLION MILES FOR LINE 'CB" AND THAT THE APPROXIMATE.ANNUAL ROAD USER SAVINGS FOR LINE 'C'!, INSTEAD OF USING ROUTE 250, WOULD BE ~5,677,000 As COMPARED WITH ~4,423,000 FOR LINE 'Bt' AND ~5,096,000 FOR LINE "CB" AND THAT OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS GRADE ALIGNMENT AND .ESTIMATED USER COST PER PASSENGER VEHICLE FAVORS ROUTE 'C~ OVER LINES 'B' AND 'CB', NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO APPROVE LINE 'C' AS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 64 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: 1. THE EVALUATION AND ECONOMIC FACTORS SET FORTH IN THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS~ REPORT DATED OCTOBER~ 1963, AND 2. THE DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT WHICH WILL ACCRUE TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WITH A COMBINED POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4~,000 PERSONS, AND 3. THE DETRIMENTAL OR ADVERSE ECONONIC EFFECT WHICH LINE 'B' AND 'CB' WOULD HAVE ON THE EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY AND THE AREA ADJOINING THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS~ AND 4. LINE 'C' WOULD PROVIDE A BY-PASS ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIDE OF THE CITY AND WOULD COHPLETE A BY-PASS AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY SINCE A LIMITED ACCESS ~Y-PASS OR DISTRIBUTION ROAD WILL SOON BE COMPLETED FROM ROUTE 2~ SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN AREA OF THE CITY TO JOIN WITH THE EXISTING ROUTE 250 LIMITED ACCESS BY-PASS OR DISTRIBUTION ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, AND 5. LINE ITC" THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE AT ROUTE 20 SOUTH WILL PROVlBE EXCELLENT SERyl'CE TO THE MORE THAN 1./4 MILLION TOURISTS WHO ANNUALLY VISIT ~R. JEFFERSON'S HOME, '~ONTICELLO~ AND TO ASH LAWN AND ~ICHIE TAVERN~ AND 6. THIS SAME INTERCHANGE WOULD PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF SCOTTSVILLE AND AREAS SOUTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE SERVED BY ROUTE 20, AND 7. LINE "C' BETWEEN ROUTE 20 AND 29-29A SOUTH WOULD PROVIDE A FAST AND ALMOST DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN '~ONTICELLO' AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND WOULD EL.ININATE THE NECESSITY OF A PROPOSED STREET BETWEEN THESE T~O POINTS AND AS IS SHOWN ON THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN, AND 8. IF LINE .~- OR 'CB' WAS APPROVED FOR THE LOCATION OF ROUTE 64 IT WOULD, WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT A ROUTE 20 ~Y-PASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE TOURIST TRAFFIC TO '~ONTICELLO'~ AND OTHER SHRINES ALONG WITH THE GROWING COMMERCIAL AND REGULAR TRAFFIC FROM THE AREA WHICH IS SERVED BY ROUTE 20 SOUTH, AND 9. THE MAIN SERVICE TO THE CITY WO~LD BE THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE ON 29 NORTH IF LINE 'B' OR ~C~' WERE APPROVED AND THIS WOULD NOT BE SATISFACTORY BECAUSE ROUTE 29 IS ~OW OVERCROWDED AT PEAK HOURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY DUE TO THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPHENT AND THE LOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY qF VIRGINIA AND THEREFORE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER INTERCHANGE A FEW MILES WEST OF ROUTE 2~ AND CONSTR~CT A LIMITED ACCESS ROAD FROM THIS INTERCHANGE TO CONNECT WITH THE PRESENT 2~0 ~Y- PASS~ AND