HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-02-23 99-104 RESOLVE99-106
Assigned to CoumllOr 'rylei February 23, 1999
CITY OF BANGOR
Supporting the Efforts of the Best-West Highway Association
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Andddere Encouraging Aroostook Development m Improve the
Transportation Infrastructure in Hathern, Eas[e+n, and Western Maine
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WHEREAS, safer and more efficent transportation Infrastructure; which serve Northern,
Eastern, and Western Maine will lead directly to economic growth and benefit the
entire state; and
WHEREAS, in order to bang economic stability and vitality to the Eastern, Northern and
Western parts of Maine, It Is vital that the State of Maine complete Its major road
system which began when Me Interstate was construc[etl 50 years ago; and
WHEREAS, the completion of I-95 to the St. john Valley and the East-West Highway will
complete Maine's major road system; and
WHEREAS, the northern part of the state, due in part to Its inadequate road system, is at a
severe economic disadvantage to regions with more efficient roadways; and
WHEREAS, the completion of I-95 to its nonhemmost terminus and the construction of an
East-West Highway wmplement each other by making each highway even more
economically valuable; and
WHEREAS, the beltway to bang economic vitality to the northern, eastern and western
parts of the state is through Imaging Maine's infrastructure up to standard; and
WHEREAS, we agree with the Maine Legislature's Task Farce to Study Equal Economic
Opportunity for all Regions of the State, that -Mine lack of major routes from
north to south in northern Maine and from east -to -west in the central area of the
state Is a serious disadvantage to many areas when trying to attract new
business. Because there are no major interstate highways serving these routes,
businesses discount northern, eastern, and western Maine as being remote and
Inaccessible ... the Task Farce believes that..plare must be accelerated to Improve
opportunity for economic development".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR,
meeting In Iola session with the City Council of the City of Brewer, that we support the
effmts of the East-West Highway Association and Leaders Encouraging Aroostook
Development to support and defend the consfntctlon and completion of the 1-95
northern extension and an East-West Highway from Calais m Coburn Gore and Gilead.
IR G WMIL 99-106
February 23, 1999 E E 5 0 L V E
Motion for Passage Made
aad seaaaded
Passed Supporting the Efforts of the East -Vest
Highway Associatlon and Leaders our -
aging Aroostook Development to Improve
_ the Tramportation Infrastructure In
CI1T or em, Eastem, a esern rue
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