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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Interstate 80 between I-294 and Illinois State
3Route 47 in Morris is in need of substantial improvements,
4including the repair or reconstruction of several bridges; and
 
5    WHEREAS, According to the Illinois Department of
6Transportation (IDOT), the westbound bridge over the Des
7Plaines River in Joliet has an overall rating of 6 out of 100,
8the lowest for an Interstate in the Chicago area; the eastbound
9bridge has a rating of 7.5 out of 100; IDOT estimates that
10improvements on this section of Interstate 80, including repair
11or replacement of bridges and widening of the roadway, could
12total over $1 billion; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Federal Interstate Reconstruction and
14Rehabilitation Pilot Program allows for existing interstate
15facilities to be tolled to fund reconstruction or
16rehabilitation on Interstate corridors that could not
17otherwise be adequately maintained or functionally improved
18without the collection of tolls; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Section 14.1 of the Toll Highway Act provides that
20prior to the issuance of bonds for or the commencement of
21construction of any new highway, that particular toll highway
22shall be authorized by joint resolution of the General

 

 

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1Assembly; and
 
2    WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate to transfer
3control of the section of Interstate 80 to the Illinois State
4Toll Highway Authority to expedite the repair of this section
5of Interstate 80; and
 
6    WHEREAS, It may be necessary and appropriate to expand the
7project limits over time to adhere to future additions or
8expansions of the Interstate 80 project; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
10HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
11SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois State Toll Highway
12Authority be authorized to expand the Illinois Toll Highway
13system to include Interstate 80 between I-294 at milepost 112
14and Illinois Route 47 in Morris at milepost 154; and be it
15further
 
16    RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
17shall complete the Interstate 80 project in a manner that
18supports diversity involvement in the project work and economic
19development in the region; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21presented to each of the Directors of the Illinois State Toll

 

 

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1Highway Authority and the Secretary of the United States
2Department of Transportation.