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RESOLUTION OF THE
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RE: To request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to consider restricting through truck traffic on
Tasker Road (Route 642) from the intersection with Route 37 to Front Royal Pike (Route 522 South).
WHEREAS, Tasker Road (Route 642) is classified as a collector road designed to handle residential
traffic and is not designed or intended to serve heavy truck traffic; and
WHEREAS, local residents and county officials are concerned about heavy truck traffic on this road;
and
WHEREAS, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors has identified alternates exist via Interstate
81, Exit 313, to Front Royal Pike (Route 522 South) and Interstate 81, Exit 307, to Fairfax Pike (Route 277)
to its intersection \,;lth Front Royal Pike, to accommodate heavy truck traffic safely and efficiently for Tasker
Road (Route 642) proposed restrictions; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 46.2-809 of the Code of Virginia, the Frederick County Board
of Supervisors has conducted a public hearing on July 9, 1997 to obtain public comments on restricting through
truck traffic on Tasker Road (Route 642); and
WHEREAS, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors will use its good offices for enforcement of
the proposed restrictions by the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Frederick County Board of Supervisors does
hereby request that the Commonwealth Transportation Board consider restricting through truck traffic on Tasker
Road (Route 642) from the intersection with Route 37 to Front Royal Pike (Route 522 South).
Passed this 9th day of July, 1997 by the following recorded vote:
James L. Longerbeam, Chairman
Aye
Richard C. Shickle
Aye
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
Aye
Margaret B. Douglas
Aye
Charles W. Orndoff, Sr.
Aye
Robert M. Sager
Aye
A COpy ATTEST
RESOLUTION NO.: 003-97
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