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HomeMy WebLinkAbout967 V~EREAS modern, fast, and adequate trans'oortation is a primary factor in the economic growth of a community, and, V~HERE~i~S the growth of the City of Bremerton is de- pende~t on such transoortation between it .~nd Seattle and its hinterland, and, ~'~EREAS part of such transoortation can best be furnished by cross-sound bridging, and, ~HEREAS the time of cross-sound bridging is uncertain, and, WHEREAS transportation has become an acute problem in the economic growth of the City of Bremerton, due primarily to the obsolite ferries and ferry se vice between it and Seattle, and the lack of adequate bridging between it ~nd Bainbridge Island ~ NOV~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED by the City of Bremerton, this 17th day of April, 1957, that the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority be and it is hereby requested to immediately constrUct not less t~mn three modern car ferries, and that said ferries be placed upon the Seattle-Bremerton route and that docking facilities be modified to accommodate these ferries and provide two lanes of traffic for the embarking and disembarking of motor vehicles from s~id ferries, BE IT FURTHER RES©LVED, that the City of Bremerton urgent- ly requests the W~shington State Toll Bridge Authority by proper resolution to authorize the construction of a bridge across Orchard Bay to Bainbridge Island, in the most feasible place between the areas known as Gilberton and Fletchers Bay. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authen- tication of such pa~sage this 17th day of April, 1957. I~' ;' O. DO.TAD, Ma~or. ATTEST: E.H.T,' lc OWA ,-City lerk