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CITY OF BATESVILLE <br /> A 500 East Main <br /> HISTORIC COUNCIL <br /> TREASURE BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS 72501 THOMAS E.BRYANT <br /> Phone 870-698-2400 MARGARETT HENLEY <br /> DAVY INSELL <br /> FAX 870-698-2406 FRED KRUG <br /> 9 <br /> S, LD C� DOUGLAS MATTHEWS <br /> ' MATT MCDONALD <br /> RICK ELUMBAUGH,MAYOR RICHARD O'NEAL <br /> DENISE JOHNSTON,CLERK DAVID SHETRON <br /> SCOTT STALKER,ATTORNEY <br /> January 25, 2010 <br /> Mr. Dan Flowers <br /> Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department <br /> 10324 Interstate 30 <br /> Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 <br /> Dear Director Flowers: <br /> On Thursday, January 7, 2010 a tanker truck carrying 9,600 gallons of liquid propane gas <br /> turned over on the sharp curve on Ramsey Mountain. The tanker ripped open and began spilling <br /> liquid propane onto the highway resulting in the necessity of closing the highway for nearly ten <br /> • (10) hours. These truck rollovers occur all too frequently and create an unacceptable public <br /> safety risk and inconvenience to our community. <br /> As a result of the public outcry from this event the Batesville City Council on January 12, <br /> 2010 unanimously passed the attached Resolution requesting that the Arkansas Highway & <br /> Transportation Department conduct a study of U.S. Highway 167 on Ramsey Mountain to <br /> determine the feasibility of relocating that section of U.S. Highway 167. <br /> While the construction of the Batesville Bypass would provide our community second <br /> river crossing it would not solve the inherent safety problem of the curves on Ramsey Mountain. <br /> I believe that because of the number truck rollovers in the last couple of years and because of at <br /> least one recent fatality it is time to revisit ways to reduce these accidents. <br /> I have also enclosed a copy of the Friday, January 8, 2010 Batesville Guard for your <br /> reading enjoyment. <br /> Sincerely: <br /> Rick Elumbaugh, Mayor <br /> "CITY OF HOSPITALITY" <br />