Box 1, Folder 22, Document 5

Box 1, Folder 22, Document 5

A RESOLUTION

BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

APPROVING RELOCATION STUDIES AND THE SURVEYING

AND PREPARATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANS FOR CARROLL

ROAD AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME AS A COMPLIMENTARY

PROJECT TO THE EXPANSION OF FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT.

WHEREAS, the improvement of traffic movement on the major streets of
Atlanta is an obvious necessity, and

WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of Georgia is preparing to
make specific plans for the widening and relocation of Carroll Road to a four-lane
divided roadway from Gordon Road to Bankhead Highway as a complimentary project
to the expansion of Fulton County Airport, and

WHEREAS, these proposed improvements have been reviewed by the
Planning and Public Works Departments, and _

WHEREAS, the State Highway Department must have the City of |
Atlanta's official endorsement of this project before financial participation for
preliminary engineering by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads can be obtained.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Baird of
Aldermen that the proposed relocation nnd improvements of Carroll Road referred to
by project number F-126-I(2) and described in further detail by the attached drawings
and text, be approved for relocation studies and preliminary engineering plans and
any such studies and plans shall be submitted to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen

for further consideration and approval.

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