State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2007 |
347N0803 |
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
NO.
1008
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Introduced by:
Representatives Lucas, Bradford, DeVries, and Vanneman and Senators
Bartling, Garnos, and Two Bulls
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Requesting the Department of Transportation to pursue the
necessary steps to connect portions of State Highway 63 in Mellette County.
WHEREAS,
there are 6.9 miles of a county highway north of Norris that currently connect
two portions of State Highway 63 and that also connect State Highway 63 with State Highway
44; and
WHEREAS,
this 6.9 miles of highway is a very heavily traveled stretch of highway with
over four hundred vehicles per day traveling on this section of highway; and
WHEREAS,
the White River School District runs two bus routes on this section of highway
twice a day and the poor condition of the highway causes concerns for the safety of students and
for the wear and tear on school buses; and
WHEREAS,
load limits on this section of highway prevent area agricultural producers from
getting their products to the market of their choice; and
WHEREAS,
Mellette County does not own the equipment necessary to maintain this asphalt
highway and finds it to be a great financial hardship to resurface this highway; and
WHEREAS,
the safety of travelers requires this section of highway to be improved very
soon:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-
second Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the
Department of Transportation pursue the necessary steps to place 6.9 miles of a county highway
north of Norris, South Dakota, on the state trunk highway system to provide a continuous route
for State Highway 63 in Mellette County and to provide for the needed maintenance of this
section of highway.