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WHEREAS, in 1921 she led a unified and enthusiastic good roads movement to <br /> the General Assembly and emerged with a road law that created a powerful <br /> state highway commission and committed North Carolina to the construction <br /> of a state system of modern highways, and <br /> WHEREAS, Josephus Daniels, long time editor of the Raleigh NEWS AND OBSERVER, <br /> wrote, "To her credit stands one of the most stupendous pieces of legis- <br /> lation in the history of the state, the authorization of a statewide <br /> system of roads", and <br /> WHEREAS, in 1962 the state highway commission authorized placement of a <br /> bronze plaque in the Highway Building commemorating Harriet Morehead <br /> Berry as "North Carolina Mother of Good Roads", and <br /> WHEREAS, no highway in North Carolina is named for Ms. Berry, and <br /> WHEREAS, Interstate Highway 40 is now under construction in Orange County, <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the North Carolina Board of Transportation, <br /> in recognition of Ms. Berry's contributions and leadership, name the <br /> Orange County segment of Interstate Highway 40 the HARRIET MOREHEAD <br /> BERRY HIGHWAY. <br /> If <br /> /V/ ■,/ <br /> .141471AL . tAimi <br /> Don Willhoit, Chair Jo .ph L. Nassif, Mayor )111 <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioner own of Chapel Hill <br /> / <br /> / <br /> jef <br /> APorto Mayor Frank Sheffield, Mayor <br /> P:own of 6rrboro Town of Hillsborough <br />