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RESOLUrION NO. 67- 79
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, resolves:
1. That this Board notes that the State Road Department of Florida,
in its construction program of work for the year ending June 30, 1968, pro-
poses to construct Interstate 95, State Road 9, from the Brevard County Unc
south to State Road 60 and upon completion of that construction, it is antici-
pated that Interstate 95 will be completed from Jacksonville to State Road 60 ,
in this county and said highway will undoubtedly generate a vast amount of
traffic destined for the part of Florida south of Indian River County and the
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only available road to carry the traffic is State Road 60, which is a two laned
road passing through the center of the City of Vero Beach. For more than ten
years, this board has requested the State Road Department to widen and four
lane State Road 60 and It is now apparent that the construction of Interstate 95
will bring to State Road 60 a volume of traffic far in excess of that imposed
upon this already overloaded highway to such an extent that it al)pca,.s to this
board that it will be impossible for State Road 60 in its present condition to
carry the traffic. This board is further aware of the fact that the State Road
Department's proposed five year primary highways construction program for
the fiscal year 1968 through 1972 proposes in three separate projects to four
lane State Road 60 from Interstate 95 proceeding eastward to the Florida Cast
Coast Railway but said construction will be after the arrival of the critical
traffic mentioned above and will further aggravate in obviously impossible
condition and in order to anticipate the apparent necessity of State Road 60 to
carry Interstate 95 traffic until Interstate 95 Is constructed further south,
this board requests the State Road Department to immediately make a survey
to establish means of handling this traffic and this board particularly requests
that the proposed construction on State Road 60 begin in the next fiscal year at
the Florida East Coast Railroad crossing and proceed west to Interstate 95 so
that the proposed construction on State Road 60 will be completed prior to the
completion of the juncture of Interstate 95 with State Road 60 and the State
Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Low, Vero Beach, Florida t,
Road Department, in conjunction with this county, make a study to determine
feasible truck routes to by-pass the center of the City of Vero Beach.
• 2. This board has noted that the proposed construction of Inter-
state 95 from State Road GO to the St. Lucie County Line does not contemplate
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any interchange and this board strongly urges the State Road Department to
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resurvey the apparent necessity for an interchange at Oslo Road, This board
points out to the State Road Department that since the original preliminary
surveys were made for this section of that interstate highway, approximately
24, Opo acres of citrus have been planted in southern Indian River County and
northern St. Lucie County and the marketing and processing of the citrus
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fruit from this vast area will require the movement of an estimated
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10, 000, 000 boxes of citrus per year. All of the existing roads surfacing this
i area arc presently roads of the secondary system and they will be completely
inadequate to carry this huge volume of traffic. The only solution known to
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this board is to construct an interchange at Oslo Road for access to and from
Interstate 95 and this board urgently requests that such an interchange be
`� constxucted.
3. That certified copies of this Resolution be furnished to the State:
Road Department at Tallahassee, the District Office at tort Lauderdale, and
the office of the Bureau of Public Roads at'ralialtassee.
Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Hatre, Attorneys At Law, Vero Beach, Florida 1