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RESOLUTION NO. 1395
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CHULA VISTA DECLARING A NEED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL NORTH-SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS there is a definite need for an additional north-south highway r
to be located east of the Cities of Chula Vista and National City to connect
• U.S. Highway 395 with Otay or the Me±ican border and urging the adoption of
such a highway as a part of the Master Plan of Major Highways of San Diego
County.
WHEREAS Montgomery Freeway is the only north-south State Highway serving
the entire South Bay area for traffic to and from the international border,
and
WHEREAS 2,816,235 vehicles crossed the international border during 1952
most of which traveled on Montgomery Freeway, and
WHEREAS the portion of Montgomery Freeway known as Harbor Drive is
extremely congested at peak hours, and
WHEREAS the present terminus of U.S. Highway 395 is the heavily congested
Market Street in San Diego with future plans to extend to Montgomery Freeway
via Wabash Canyon Freeway adding an additional heavy traffic load on U.S.
Highway 101, and
• WHEREAS expected increased traffic on U.S. Highway 395 from the Riverside-
San Bernardino area to the international border and the South Bay area would
justify such a, route, and
WHEREAS an estimated 350,000 persons will be living in the metropolitan
San Diego area to the east of the proposed highway making such a route
advantageous for their use, and
WHEREAS all of the present highway plans propose to discharge all of the
north-south and east-west traffic onto U.S. Highway 101 (Montgomery Freeway),
including the proposed-Belt Line Freeway and the Wabash Canyon Freeway, north
of the City of Chula Vista, and
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WHEREAS National Avenue and the County Road to the international border
are definitely local business streets obviously to always be congested with
local traffic, and
WHEREAS U.S. Highway 395 is declared to be of military importance, and
WHEREAS preliminary studies have already been completed by the State
Highway Engineer for this proposed route
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista that the County of San Diego adopt said proposed highway as a part of
the Master Plan of Major Highways of San Diego County;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of California and the California
State Highway Commission include said highway in the California State Highway
System;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that immediate action by the County of San Diego
and the State of California is of prime importance to the welfare and of the
future development of the City of Chula Vista and of the County of San Diego
generally.
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ADOPTED AND APPROvED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, •CALIFORNIA, this 13th. day of January ,19 5 3
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN DeWolfe, Riesland, Logan, Halferty
NAYS: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Hobel
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Deputy
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN_DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF.CHULA VISTA )
I, , City Clerk of the
City of Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above
and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution
No. , and that the same has not been amended or
repealed.
DATED:
City Clerk
by
Deputy