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A RESOLUTION • REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION TO INITIATE A SEPARATE HIGHWAY PROJECT FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE RIDGE STREET BRIDGE WHEREAS, on March 20, 1978, this Council adopted a resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation (VDH$T) to establish a highway project for the improvement and extension of Ridge Street and McIntire Road between Cherry Avenue on the south and Melbourne Road on the north; and WHEREAS, some of the design work for certain segments of that project is in progress, but it appears that it will be several years before the portion of the project between Cherry Avenue and West Main Street will be ready for construction; and WHEREAS, inspection of the bridge carrying Ridge Street across the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks has revealed that the bridge is in poor condition, is inadequate for current traffic loads, and should be replaced as soon as possible; and WHEREAS, the re-routing of heavy vehicles to avoid the Ridge Street bridge will cause substantial public inconvenience; now, therefore, be it • RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia: • 1. That the Council hereby requests VDH$T to establish the replacement of the Ridge Street bridge as a separate highway project, to be funded, designed and constructed by VDH$T on an expedited basis. 2. The City hereby agrees to pay its share of the costs of engineering, acquisition of right-of-way, and construction of such project under the cost formula of 90% from VDH$T and 10% from the City. 3. The City further agrees that if this bridge project is established, and thereafter the City elects not to continue with the project to completion, the City will repay VDH$T 100% of the costs incurred by VDH&T up to the time the City notifies VDH$T of its desire to terminate the project. Approved by Council September 12, 1983 Cjferk of Council 83-6-44