Resolution 229-1978
RESOLUTION NO. 229 -1978
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING RE-DESIGNATION OF U. S.
HIGHWAY NO. 1 BEING LOCATED ON TRUMAN AVENUE TO
COVER THE GARRISON BIGHT CAUSEWAY AND EATON
STREET TO WHITEHEAD STREET.
WHEREAS, the State Legislature in its 1977 session passed
new State laws which have a sweeping effect on the designation of
various road systems in the State of Florida, and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation has
submitted to the County of Monroe a proposed system of functional
classification, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, have reviewed the proposed functional classification and
designation of the road system in the City of Key West, Florida,
and does object to the proposed classification and designation of
U. S. Highway No.1 as more fully set forth hereinbelow, now, there-
fore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMHISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That formal objection to the proposed classification
and designation of Truman Avenue from Whitehead Street to Roosevelt
Boulevard as State Road S/U. S. Highway No. I is hereby made by
the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, and
the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, does
hereby request that the proposed classification and designation
of the following roads be made:
Item
No. Location
Shown As
Classified As
Miles
1 Eaton Street/Palm/Bertha
Street
Minor Arterial
County
State Highway
System
2.4
It is specifically noted that the above is a roadway
starting at the corner of Whitehead Street and Eaton
Street and terminating at the stop light located at
the intersection of Garrison Bight Causeway and U. S.
Highway No. l/SR-S.
2
From the corner of Eaton
Street and Whitehead
Street to present 0 mile
marker located at the
corner of Fleming Street
and Whitehead Street
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Item
No. Location Shown As Classified As Miles
3 Truman Avenue State Highway City Street 1.1
System System
4 Whitehead Street from State Highway City Street .4
Truman Avenue to System System
Fleming Street
It is specifically noted that the above begins at the
o mile marker at the corner of Fleming Street and
vfuitehead Street, down ~~itehead Street to the corner
of Truman Avenue and vfuitehead Street, down Truman
Avenue to its intersection with Roosevelt Boulevard
adjacent to the Bay View Park area in the City of
Key West, Florida.
5
Roosevelt Boulevard
from Eisenhower Drive
to First Street
State Highway
System
County Collec-
tor
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6
Duval Street from
Truman Avenue to Eaton
Street
Minor Arterial
County
City Street
System
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2. That the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, feels that a traffic study on the requested designations
of the above noted roadways in Item Nos. 1 and 2 will show that it
functions as the State Highway System through the City of Key West,
Florida.
3. That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded
to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and other
appropriate officials in the Department of Transportation.
DATED September 19, 1978.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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. Mayor an C a"irman
(Seal)
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By
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this document
:1::E; been revievved for legal suffi-
c:ency and that tile same meets with
my approval.
#AP
., Attorney's Office
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