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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 72-75 URGING EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHBOUND ON-RAMP FROM MAIN STREET AND BUFFALO AVENUE TO THE SANTA ANA FREEWAY WHEREAS, the southbound on-ramp from Main Street and Buffalo Avenue to the Santa Ana Freeway is a portion of a more comprehensive project for redesign of the Main Street-Santa Ana Freeway interchange which includes the extension of Broadway over the Santa Aha Freeway to Memory Lane then easterly to a connection with Main Street, WHEREAS, the total estimated project cost is $5,260,000 of which the State Division of Highways share is $2,860,000 and the City of Santa Ana share is $2,400,000. WHEREAS, because of the cost of the project and the de- mands being made on State Highway funds for construction of vari- ous projects throughout the State of California, the Main-Broad- way project within the City of Santa Ana has been scheduled tenta- tively as late as 1975-1977, WHEREAS, the southbound on-ramp from Main and Buffalo to the Santa Ana Freeway would have a relatively low cost relative to the entire project and would be entirely the financial obligation of the State Division of Highways, WHEREAS, the construction of the southbound on-ramp while not solving all the traffic problems of the Main Street-Santa Ana Freeway interchange, will provide immediate benefits to the motoring public and lessening of congestion now being experienced where the existing off and on-ramps now intersect at Main Street and Santa Clara Avenue, WHEREAS, the Trane-Air Committee and the Board of Direc- tors of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce have urged early construc- tion of the proposed southbound on-ramp and have been supported in this reco~endation by the Mayor's Freeway Committee which group represents many diverse community interests within the city, WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana plans to widen Main Street between the Santa Aha Freeway and the North City Limits during the 1972'73 fiscal year which is an indication of the interest and de- sire of local authorities for relief and improvement of traffic congestion now existing in this portion of the city, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this City Council urges the State Division of Highways to consider early construction of the southbound on-ramp from Main Street and Buffalo Avenue to Santa Ana Freeway. It further urges that this construction be scheduled and budgeted in advance of the large comprehensive project consisting of the Broadway overcrossing and other improvements, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Haig Ayanian, District Engineer, District VII, State of California, Division of Highways, Los Angeles; and to Mr. R. J. Datel State Highway Engineer, State of California, Division of Highways, Sacramento.