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To express the Council's support for implementing the [Walmsley Boulevard extension project] projects as recommended in the Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization's Commerce Corridor Study Implementation Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization is a federal and state designated metropolitan planning organization that serves as the forum for cooperative transportation decision-making in the Richmond region; and
WHEREAS, the Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization adopted the Commerce Corridor Study Implementation Plan on October 5, 2017, after consultation with representatives of the City of Richmond, the Counties of Chesterfield and Henrico, the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and the Port of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Commerce Corridor Study Implementation Plan report recommends the [Walmsley Boulevard extension project, identified as "H7.2: Walmsley Boulevard Extension,"] projects identified in the document entitled "Commerce Corridor Study (2017), RichmondRegional Transportation Planning Organization (RRTPO), City of Richmond Recommended Potential Projects" to improve truck and automobile capacity into and out of the Commerce Roadindustrial area by constructing the missing portion of Walmsley Boulevard with the grade separated crossing of the CSX Bellwood crossing; and
WHEREAS, [the "H7.2: Walmsley Boulevard Extension" project is] all but three of the aforementioned projects are currently unfunded; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Richmond to proceed with the ["H7.2: Walmsley Boulevard Extension" project] aforementioned projects and that the Mayor ask the Council to support a resolution to the Commonwealth Transportation Board requesting funding for the implementation of the ["H7.2:Walmsley Boulevard Exte...
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