HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1996-01 - Board RESOLUTION NO, 9601
�,.., OF THE
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DIST:IMMED]IATE
URGING THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING
CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE ROUTE 267 BYPASS PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District has actively supported construction of the Highway
267 bypass since 1984; and
WHEREAS, local traffic demands have placed continually increasing burdens on roadway systems which
are already in failure modes, and
WHEREAS, when area traffic stalls it creates gridlock within the Town of Truckee posing a serious problem
for police, fire and other local agencies; and
WHEREAS, the area served water and electricity by the Truckee Donner Public Utility District is divided
by the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks; and
WHEREAS, the administrative offices, warehouse, all the vehicles and equipment of the District are located
in the northern portion of the District, and
WHEREAS, District response to the southern portion of its territory requires a route to be utilized that either
a) requires traveling through an intersection next to the railroad tracks which often results in considerable
delays due to the blocking of the road by the crossing and switching of trains and subsequent traffic
congestion; or 2) taking a more circuitous route that requires backtracking and still traveling near the
downtown intersection that is often congested by traffic; and
WHEREAS, there is a proposal to merge the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroad lines and such
a merger would greatly increase the railroad traffic by an estimated 50% to 70% further worsening the
traffic congestion and response time; and
WHEREAS, there is a proposed and designed Highway 267 bypass that would provide a safe, dependable
and efficient route to the southern portion of the District and provide a vital missing link in the State
Highway system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility
District hereby urges and implores the State of California and Califomia Department of Transportation to
provide the proposed Highway 267 bypass with an urgency funding and a top priority status so that the
bypass may be constructed and utilized at the earliest possible date.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the District
on the third day of January 1996 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Aguera, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Hemig.
NOES: None.
ABSENT. None.
TRUCKEe DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
BY
Peter L. Hol ister, Ierk of the oard
ATTE _
Susan M. Craig, Deputy District Ckrk