RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The El Camino East/West Corridor Commission represents a
five-state region from Brunswick, Georgia to El Paso, Texas, a 1,729-mile
transportation route for the Southeast Region from Georgia to Texas, following
the route of U. S. 84; and
WHEREAS, since 1989, the El Camino East/West Corridor Commission has
been working to effect four-lane improvements across the five state region along
the route; and to effect uniform signage designating the route as “The El Camino
East/West Corridor” ; and
WHEREAS, The five-state coalition agreed to erect signage east to west
across the five states, at the entrances to cities and towns along U. S. 84,
designating “The El Camino East/West Corridor”; and
WHEREAS, this route was historically a primary migration route from the
Atlantic coast to the Mexican border, and is presently a primary east/west
transportation route and;
WHEREAS, transportation has always been the key to the economic vitality
of a community, and the importance of U. S. 84 cannot be overstated, as a
major east-west transportation corridor in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas, which can relieve the heavy traffic flows of other major
interstates, and preserve the historical significance of the towns and counties
along the corridor; ;and
WHEREAS, safety is a critical factor in the scope of this project to widen the
existing two-lane highway across these states. Accidents are three times more
likely to occur on rural two-lane roads, than on four lane highways, and most of
the traffic on the two lane U. S. 84 is heavy truck traffic relating to wood and
wood products and chemicals; and
WHEREAS, in the other safety consideration, U. S. Highway 84, El Camino,
could provide an additional evacuation route during emergencies and natural
disasters, as was the case in Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, and Rita during the past
few years; and
WHEREAS, the Five-State El Camino Commission realizes that
transportation infrastructure is essential in the economic growth of these five
states, and wishes to endorse the improvement and four-laning of U. S. Highway
84 in its entirety across the five state region;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Five-State El Camino
Corridor Commission authorizes and empowers its members to support and
endorse this resolution, for the purpose of expediting and completing the U. S.
Highway 84 project in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and
to empower the federal government and state governments to so fund the
completion of the project.
DONE THIS THE _____________ DAY OF ______________ , 20__.
Signed:
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Attest:
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