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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, With 2,181 of highway miles, Illinois has the 3rd 
3most mileage in the county; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Insufficient revenue to the funding mechanisms in 
5place has taken a toll
on the infrastructure of the State; 
6currently, 20% of roads in Illinois are considered to be in 
7"poor"
condition and 31% are over 50 years old; it is estimated 
8that by the year 2020, 40% of the roads will be in poor 
9condition, as well as 20% of bridges; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, On February 12, 2018, President Trump revealed the 
11federal infrastructure
plan, "Building America's 
12Infrastructure"; the overarching theme of this plan is minimal 
13federal
support; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, The federal plan assumes $1.5 trillion of 
15potential investment in the country's
infrastructure systems 
16with only $200 billion of federal support; this would keep the 
17states and
local units of government on the hook for $1.3 
18trillion of investment; and
  
 
  
19    WHEREAS, Pushing 86.7% of the burden of funding the rapidly 
20deteriorating
infrastructure system onto Illinois and the 
21communities within its borders will not benefit this
State; 
 
 
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1therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
3HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
4urge the members of the U.S. Congress
not to enact President 
5Trump's infrastructure plan and to work to develop a plan that 
6provides
equitable assistance to state and local units of 
7government for infrastructure funding; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That we will also work to develop a
system to 
9revamp the funding mechanisms for our crumbling 
10infrastructure.