HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.04.15 - 14012April lr, , 1976
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION
BY: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE, Patrick K, Daly, Chairman
IN RE: TELEGRAPH ROAD WIDENING, 12 MILE ROAD TO ORCHARD LAKE ROAD
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, US-24/10 (Telegraph Road) from 12 Mile Road to Orchard Lake Road is under
iurisdiction of the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation and is part of the
State Trunk line System, and
WHEREAS, the most recent Right-of-Way Plan for State Trunkline Highways as approved
by the Department of State Highways and Transportation shows a planned right of way width of
two hundred and four (204) feet for this segment of Tele graph Road, and
WHEREAS, Oakland County and within it, the City of Southfield, the villages of Bingham
Farms and Franklin, and Bloomfield Township are all rapidly growing areas in the Detroit Metro-
politan Region and whose future community well-being are dependent upon the future service of
Telegraph Road, and
WHEREAS, Telegraph Road is a molar north-south arterial land-service highway serving
the western portion of the Detroit Metropolitan Area; and its role is vital to the overall highway
system of Oakland County and its immediate region; and it is recognized that this segment of
Telegraph Road must Play an integral part in the future growth, development, economics, and
transportation of this area, and
WHEREAS, the State of Michigan, through its agency, the Michigan Department of State
Highwa ys and Transportation, has repeatedly acknowledged the need for upgrading US-24/10
(Tele graph Road) to the highest and safest standards of a high-type at-grade facility, through its
previously published Engineering Reports 1747 and 1757, dated March 3, 1966 and July 7, 1966,
respectively, which have been coordinated with Oakland County and the local communities
through which Telegraph Road passes, and
WHEREAS, these Engineering Reports repeatedly propose both in text and strip maps, the
physical upgrading of this segment of Telegraph Road from its existing fifty-two (52) foot width
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within a predominently one-hundred fifty foot (150) right of way to dual Forty-eight (48) foot
pavements with sixty (60) to eighty (80) foot medians within a proposed new right of way
of two hundred and four (204) feet, and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation has recently
announced that the design of the proposed reconstruction would be reduced from dual four lanes
to dual three lanes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in view of these facts and the critical nature
of this proposed upgrading of Telegraph Road to the future health, safety, and prosperity of
Oakland County's citizens affected thereby, this Board does hereby request that the Michigan
Department of State Highways and Transportation review its traffic projections and re-evaluate
this orolect with the objective of restoring the dual four lane design, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the design co ,ain necessary elements to reduce noise
levels and water pollution to abutting areas to standards established by the Federal Highway
Administration.
17 FUR-111PN RtS'Ot/ED that.copiLs of this resolution be forwarded to the Governor,
the Director of the State Department of Highways and Transportation, and members of the
State Legislature representing Oakland County.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
PATRICK K, DALY, CHAIRMAN
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Moved by Daly supported by Douglas the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Moffitt supported by Houghten the resolution be amended on Page 2
Line 3 of the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph by deleting the rest of
the paragraph after the words 'affected thereby' and adding "that the design
contain necessary elements to reduce noise levels and water pollution to abutting
areas to standards established by the Federal Highway Administration".
Also, the first BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph be deleted and the
following added instead: "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board does hereby
request that the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation
immediately begin construction and build either a dual three-lane design
where it is necessary to expedite this project, or the dual four-lane design
where it is possible without violating the Federal noise and pollution
standards".
Discussion followed.
Mr. Olson moved the previous question. Seconded by Mr. Pernick.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Dunleavy, Houghten, McDonald, Moffitt, Nowak, Page, Patterson. (7)
NAYS: Simmons, Wilson, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Fortino, Gabler,
Hoot, Kasper, Lennon, Olson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth. (16)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the amendment failed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Wilson, Button, Daly, Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Fortino, Gabler,
Hoot, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, McDonald, Moffitt, Nowak, Olson, Page, Patterson,
Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Roth, Simmons. (23)
NAYS: None, (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #7517 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their meeting held on April 15, 1976
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this ...... . day of.Ap.r1.1.,.........1976..
Lynn D.
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