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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Improving Illinois roads improves the quality of
3life for the citizens of our State; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The citizens of Jackson, Perry, Randolph, and
5Monroe Counties have expressed a desire to expand Illinois
6Routes 127/154/3 from two to four lanes; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Since 2018, these counties have advocated for
8this expansion by forming the Four County Coalition, the
9Southwest Connector Task Force, and now the Southwest
10Connector Coalition; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In 2019, the Southwest Connector Task Force, as
12formed by a Senate Joint Resolution in the 100th General
13Assembly, issued a 125-page report giving the justifications
14for the project that included economic development, safety,
15and national security concerns; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The report is available for all to review at the
17coalition's website, siconnector.com; and
 
18    WHEREAS, This proposed highway expansion enjoys the
19support of Laborers Local 773, the Illinois Retail Merchants
20Association, the Jackson County NAACP, Southern Illinois

 

 

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1University, dozens of municipalities, hundreds of private
2businesses, and thousands of Southern Illinois residents; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Biden Administration has authorized historic
4levels of federal spending to re-build and expand our nation's
5infrastructure; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Southwest Connector Coalition is actively
7pursuing federal funding that has the potential to inject
8nearly a billion dollars into Illinois infrastructure,
9creating hundreds of good paying union jobs, enhancing the
10Illinois economy, and improving the safety of travel for all
11Illinoisans; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
13HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14we express our support for the Southwest Connector Coalition's
15efforts to keep this project moving forward; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That we encourage the members of the Southwest
17Connector Coalition to remain engaged in their efforts to
18improve the great State of Illinois; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the Southwest Connector Coalition as a symbol of
21our respect and esteem.