R-62-101
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N
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WHEREAS, motor vehicle traffic traveling on cross
state highway (S R 50) through the Cities of Clermont,
Groveland, and Mascotte, in Lake County, Florida, has
steadily increased to the point that driving conditions on
said highway have become increasingly hazardous; and
WHEREAS, the violent death of numbers of motorists
on said state road 50 in recent months has focused public
attention upon the crowded traffic conditions prevailing
on said highway; and
WHEREAS, the traffic in an average twenty-four hour
period traveling on said highway ranges from 6,295 at the
east city limit of Clermont, Florida, to 4,095 at the west
city limit of Mascotte, Florida, and further that rolling
hills and valleys contribute to the difficult driving
conditions and make increased congestion of traffic;
NOw, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council
of the City of Clermont, Lake County Florida, that it
request the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County,
Florida, to request the State Road Department of Florida
to include in its budget for 1962-1963 the four-laning of
State Road 50 in Lake County, Florida, from the Orange
County line to the Sumter County line.
ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the City Council of
the City of Clermont, Florida this 6th day of February, 1962.
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