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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 11-S, 42, 269, and 308 by relocating the houselines and curblines of South Street from a point approximately one-hundred seventy feet northwest of Convention Avenue to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River and from the southeasterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River to Twenty-seventh Street so as to increase the width of South Street for the purpose of constructing a new bridge crossing the Schuylkill River and by placing on the City Plan a variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes adjacent to the southwesterly side of South Street northwest of Schuylkill Avenue and authorizing the opening of the said widened portions of South Street extending through property owned by the City.
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WHEREAS, The City has undertaken a project to demolish the existing South Street Bridge and to construct a new bridge crossing the Schuylkill River through South Street which will require increasing the width of South Street within the project area; and
WHEREAS, An Ordinance (Bill No. 060894), approved March 7, 2007, authorized the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire the proposed widened portions of South Street and a right-of-way for drainage purposes as required to construct the new bridge; and
WHEREAS, The City has acquired all of the real estate interests necessary for the widening of South Street and construction of the new bridge; and
WHEREAS, It is desirable to revise the City Plan by placing the widened areas of South Street and the right-of-way for drainage purposes on the City Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Sections 11-402 and 11-404 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 11-S, 42, ...
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