TITLE: Urging the Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization to include Produce Road in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan.

SUMMARY: Urging the Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization to include Produce Road in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the federally funded transportation planning entity for Hidalgo County; and WHEREAS, Transportation planning decisions made by the Hidalgo County MPO reflect the priorities of its planning partners, which are the cities within the urbanized area of Hidalgo County; the Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Hidalgo, Mission, McAllen and Edinburg; and WHEREAS, The City of Hidalgo proposes to include Produce Road between State Highway 115 and State Highway 336 in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan for future planning purposes; the roadway serves as a collector of commercial truck traffic between the two state highways and needs to be improved; and WHEREAS, The Hidalgo City Council has passed a resolution of support to direct city staff to include Produce Road as a priority in the city's thoroughfare plan and to urge the Hidalgo County MPO to include the roadway in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan; and WHEREAS, The Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan identifies roadways that need to be improved to meet the county's future transportation needs, and the inclusion of Produce Road would benefit area residents; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby respectfully urge the Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization to include Produce Road in the Hidalgo County MPO Thoroughfare Plan; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward a copy of this resolution to the director of the Hidalgo County MPO.