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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning |
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Organization (MPO) is the federally funded transportation planning |
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entity for Hidalgo County; and |
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WHEREAS, Transportation planning decisions made by the |
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Hidalgo County MPO reflect the priorities of its planning partners, |
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which are the cities within the urbanized area of Hidalgo County; |
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the Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Hidalgo, Mission, |
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McAllen and Edinburg; and |
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WHEREAS, The City of Hidalgo proposes to include Produce Road |
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between State Highway 115 and State Highway 336 in the Hidalgo |
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County MPO Thoroughfare Plan for future planning purposes; the |
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roadway serves as a collector of commercial truck traffic between |
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the two state highways and needs to be improved; and |
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WHEREAS, The Hidalgo City Council has passed a resolution of |
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support to direct city staff to include Produce Road as a priority |
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in the city's thoroughfare plan and to urge the Hidalgo County MPO |
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to include the roadway in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan identifies |
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roadways that need to be improved to meet the county's future |
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transportation needs, and the inclusion of Produce Road would |
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benefit area residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning |
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Organization to include Produce Road in the Hidalgo County MPO |
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Thoroughfare Plan; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward a copy of |
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this resolution to the director of the Hidalgo County MPO. |