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RESOLUTION NO. 19~9 ~ ~ORIALIZING THE CONGRESS OF TH~ UNI'£~u STATE~ OF A~,~ICA IN TH~ MATTER OF THE 00NSTRUCTION OF A SECOND TRAFfiC CROSSING BE~EEN SAN FP~ANCI~CO .....AND THE AREA COM~JONLY KNOWN AS.~ THE "EAST BAY." WHEREAS, the Joint Army and Navy Board is now making studies for the location of a proposed new bridge across San Francisco Bay, pursuant to House Resolution No. 529, 79th Congress~ Second Session; and WHEREAS, the Toll Bridge Authority of the State of California is making a similar study under authorization of its Resolution; and ~HEREAS, these reports will be submitted to the Congress of the United States; NG% THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Co~noil of the Town of Pleasanton ~ that the Congress of the United States be, and it is, hereby memorialized on this subject and respectfully requested in its study of the aforementioned reports, to give due weight to the following considerations, to wit: That the volume of traffic over the present Bay Bridge is such as to make plainly evident the immediate need for a new structure. That the location of the present Bay Bridge does not adequately serve the larger portion of the population of Alameda County. Out of a total County population of 743,000, the areas east of Lake ~erritt and to the southern County line~ including East Oakland and the Cities of Alameda, San Leandro and Hayward, have a population of 391,271. To the traffic emanating from this area, must be added that which originates in the cities and towns along Highway 50 and that part of Highway 99 from Stockton to Bakers- field 3 - That the a~proaches to the presently existing structure are not adequate to properly care for the traffic of the Bridge m That the location of the proposed Bridge should be to the south of the present structure and so situated that it might adequately serve the areas hereinbefore described. That the construction of a new Bridge in close proximity to the present Bridge would add greatly to the existing confusion in, and difficulties of, handling traffic in these areas. m That of all the Bridge plans submitted for study, the ~'~alsh Plan, providing for a bridgehead at the foot of Army Street in San Francisco and a double bridgehead in Alameda - one to serve West Oakland and points north, and one to serve Southern Alameda County - would most adequately serve this area.