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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Asian Trade District in northwest Dallas is a |
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popular tourist destination encompassing nearly four square miles |
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along Harry Hines Boulevard and Royal Lane; bordered by Interstate |
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Highways 35 and 635, the district is home to 21 shopping centers |
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comprising more than 300 individual specialty shops visited by more |
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than 32,000 patrons each year; and |
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WHEREAS, The district's many residents and merchants, as well |
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as numerous Dallas-area corporations and civic organizations, have |
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requested signage on IH-35 at Royal Lane and at Walnut Hill Lane and |
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on IH-635 at Josey Lane to identify the location of the district for |
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travelers on the two highways; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Transportation is |
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responsible for providing supplemental guide signs on public |
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highways for destinations that attract a significant number of |
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motorists who are unfamiliar with the local area, and the signage |
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for the Asian Trade District certainly qualifies as vital to the |
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district's many visitors from outside the Dallas-Fort Worth |
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Metroplex; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby direct the Texas Department of Transportation to |
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provide supplemental guide signs on IH-35 and IH-635 to identify |
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the location of the Asian Trade District in northwest Dallas; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of |
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Representatives forward an official copy of this resolution to the |
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chair of the Texas Transportation Commission and to the executive |
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director of the Texas Department of Transportation. |