CC - 1965 - 05 - U.S. Highway 101 San Clemente to Del Mar• •
RESOLUTION N0. 65-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD RE U. S. HIGHWAY 101
FROiM SAN CLEMENTE,TO DEL MAR,
WHEREAS, U. S. Highway 101 from San Clemente to Del
Mar has the highest traffic fatality record of any similar
section of highway in the State, and possibly in the Nation;
and
WHEREAS, forty-six persons have died in auto crashes
along this thirty-six mile section of highway during the year
1964, causing said highway to be popularly known as "blood alley's
or "slaughter alley;" and
WHEREAS, construction of a.new freeway through this
section is not slated for completion until 1968;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of
Rosemead does ere y urge the California State Division of
Highways, the California Highway Patrol, and other involved
State agencies to take immediate measures to accelerate the
schedule for the construction of said new section of the free-
way and, in the meantime, to take immediate action to cause
the construction of a center divider along said stretch of
Highway 101 and to also increase the level of traffic' law
enforcement by the Highway Patrol in said area.
Section 2. That the City Clerk is directed to forward
copies of this esolution to the Governor of the State of Calif-
ornia, the California Highway Commission, the California Highway
Patrol, other appropriate state officers and agencies, the League
of California Cities, and the California Contract Cities Association.
PASSED,-APPROVED and ADOPTED this 26th day of
January, 1965.
ATTEST:
CITY ERK