Resolution 046-1964RESOLUTION NO. 46_1964
in1HEREAS,-under Resolution dated April 18, 1961, the
Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
authorized the State Road Department of the State of Florida
to conduct a necessity and traffic survey for the proposed
road from the West mainland of the peninsula of Florida to
No Name Key, Monroe County, Florida, the same to be paid for
out of Monroe County, Florida Secondary Road Funds, and
WHEREAS, it has come to -the attention of this Board
that the
Legislature of
the
State of Florida enacted a House
Memorial
to the Congress
of
the United States to authorize
the construction of a highway from the Florida Keys through
the.Everglades National Park to the West Coast of Florida, and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 1964, the City Commission
of The City of Key West, Florida adopted a resolution urging
this Board to again ask the State Road Department to conduct
such necessity and traffic survey, and
WHEREAS, this Board realizes that the only highway
we have to the mainland may be temporarily destroyed.by a
hurricane and there would be no alternative route for the
flow of necessities of life to the Florida Keys, and an
alternative highway would link both coasts of Florida, provide.,
additional security for our defense, incase of national
emergency,,an additional route for the traveling public, open
up new areas for recreation, and provide an alternative,and
shorter route for a second aqueduct, if needed, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board wholeheartedly.
endorses the proposed road from the West mainland of the
peninsula of Florida to No Name Key, Monroe County, Florida.
BE. IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that upon this
Board obtaining assurances,_�tha_t the necessary right-of-ways
will be provided for the construction of said proposed road,
the State Road Department is, -requested to conduct the necessity
and traffic survey for the proposed road from the West mainland
of the peninsula of Florida to No Name Key, Monroe County,
Florida, and to pay for the cost of same out of Monroe County,
Florida Secondary Road Funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the,Clerk
of said Board be, and he is hereby directed to forward certified
copies of this Resolution to the following:
State Road Department
of the State of Florida
Florida'League of Municipalities
Box 778
'Jacksonville, Florida
Honorable George A. Smathers
U. S. Senator
Honorable Spessard L. Holland
U. S. Senator
Honorable Dante Fascell
Representative to Congress
Honorable Sam Gibbons
Representative to Congress
Dated September 22, 1964.