HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-428 RESOLUTION NO. 98-428
HOOVER DAM BYPASS
WHEREAS, US 93 is a significant segment of a major North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) route between Mexico and Canada and a major commercial route between and among the
Mountain West States, and
WHEREAS, US 93 is the main highway between Arizona and Nevada and is a txvo-lane high~vay
which crosses Hoover Dam, and
WHEREAS, the section of US 93 that crosses the Hoover Dam can no longer adequately handle the
15,000 commercial and passenger vehicles that cross the dam each day (double the volume of 15 years ago);
and
WHEREAS, this section of highway is narrow, winding and steep, inadequate and unsafe for the
current volume of traffic; and
WHEREAS, a major traffic accident on the Dam could have a catastrophic environmental impact
on the Colorado River and result in a major interruption of water and energy supplies for the southwest
region; and
WHEREAS, there is no other route in the Western United States that can efficiently and safely
accommodate this traffic; and
WHEREAS, an alternate crossing of the Hoover Dam has been in the planning stages for more than
30 years;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors that the
Hoover Dam Bypass Project, designed to resolve the mobility and safety problems associated with the
present location of US 93, be advanced as a Federal High Priority Project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors that the Hoover Dam
Bypass Project is primarily a Federal responsibility and should not compete for funding with other state
projects and that the futura costs to complete the project should come from such programs as the "National
Corridor and Development Program", the "Federal Lands Highway Program", and any other appropriate
Federal funding.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December, 1998.