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HCR 1008 Requesting the Department of Transportation to...
State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2007
 

347N0803  
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION   NO.     1008  

Introduced by:     Representatives Lucas, Bradford, DeVries, and Vanneman and Senators Bartling, Garnos, and Two Bulls  


         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.