Order No, 10892
Order Requesting Texas Highway Department to Recon-
struct and Improve Curves on Portions of State Highway
16 South of Kerrville
_ On this the 10th day of March, 1969, came on to be heard and considered
by the Court the matter of the reconstruction and improvement of certain danger-
ous curves on State Highxray 16 south of the City of Kerrville commencing in the
proximity of Camp Meeting Creek and running south a distance of approximately
~6. m~lea~o theme p~ximity of the intersection of F. M. Road 1273 with State High-
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w L6i atf~ it`,'~ippe~ing to the Court that when this section of State Highway 16
~ ,T w~s r~constr~~ted-'in't~je year 1941 along the close proximity of the then existing
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.~]Q~ient there resulted a roadway consisting of relatively straight sections inter-
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b sl3ersted with skfar~~ and dangerous curves constructed on limited right-of-way
~y w~c~ curve ~ repeatedly caused danger and accidents due to the inability of
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"1 txavelinp„~ bli~c to cope with ui.expected sharp curves encountered on this
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con of road~y; and it further appearing to the Court that due to the influx of
~' population and the development of private and denominational summer camps in
the area served by F, M, Road 1273 and State Highway 16, certain dangerous
curves in the aforesaid section of roadway should be reconstructed so as to in-
crease the overall safety of this section of State Highway 16; it is therefore order-
ed on motion by Commissioner S~hwPthAlm seconded by Commissioner
Bartel
and unanimously approved by the Court that Kerr County,
acting by and through its Commissioners Court, hereby requests the Texas High-
way Department to reconstruct and improve the existing dangerous curves in the
section df State Highway 16 from the proximity of Camp Meeting Greek to a point
approximately 6, 5 miles south and in the proximity of the intersection of F, M,
Road 1273 with said Highway 16 and that Kerr County hereby offers to furnish with-
out delay such additional right-o€way as might be required by the Texas Highway
Department for this proposal and to do so at no cost to the State of Texas, and it
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-~/is hereby certified that the necessary finances for such right-of-way procurement
are currently available for expenditure and are-not otherwise encumbered,