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pp <br /> RESOLUTION NO. <br /> A RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN ARKANSAS HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION <br /> DEPARTMENT STUDY OF THE RAMSEY MOUNTAIN SECTION OF U.S. <br /> HIGHWAY 167, SOUTH OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS, TO DETERMINE THE <br /> FEASIBILITY AND POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE RE-LOCATION OF <br /> THIS SECTION OF HIGHWAY <br /> WHEREAS, the only north/south highway access into and out of Batesville, Arkansas is <br /> U.S. Highway 167 via Ramsey Mountain and the White River Bridge crossing at Batesville, and <br /> WHEREAS, immediately south of Batesville, U.S. Highway 167 traverses Ramsey <br /> Mountain via a steep and dangerous hairpin curve, and <br /> WHEREAS, several large truck rollovers occur each year on this curve, often blocking <br /> U.S. Highway 167 for hours, creating a significant public safety risk in the event of a medical <br /> emergency, causing extreme inconvenience, and resulting in substantial lost economic activity <br /> i for our citizens and businesses, and <br /> I ` WHEREAS, another of these rollovers occurred on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at <br /> approximately 3:20 P.M. closing U.S. Highway 167 and all north/south traffic into and out of <br /> Batesville until just after I A.M. the following morning, a time span of nearly ten (10) hours, and <br /> WHEREAS, this accident highlights the dangers and inconvenience to the citizens and <br /> businesses of Batesville and Independence County as is further evidenced by this photograph, <br /> and <br /> t. <br /> Propane Gas Spews From Overturned Tanke rck On US 167 <br /> • On Jan. 7, 2010. US Highway 167 CLOSED for Nearly 10 Hours <br /> Photo Courtesy of Batesville Guard,Friday,January 8,2010 <br />