HR0439 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield is a prosperous community that enjoys working with nearby communities to develop regional harmony for the benefit of all Illinois citizens; and

WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield has seen generous growth and development through increased business and development, and has experienced a population increase of over 200% in the past 8 years; and

WHEREAS, With such rapid growth comes unique challenges, most notably the ability to provide transportation infrastructure to meet the increased demands of residents and visitors; and

WHEREAS, The Village of Plainfield has created a comprehensive plan to make the downtown more pedestrian friendly and to reduce truck traffic; and

WHEREAS, The Village of Yorkville is also a prosperous community, and is also welcome to attract businesses and development; and

WHEREAS, The residents and community leaders of the Village of Plainfield would like to encourage the residents and community leaders of the Village of Yorkville to consider the impact that such development has upon neighboring communities; and

WHEREAS, Specifically, the proposed Fox Moraine Landfill should be designed so as to minimize the truck traffic to nearby communities; and

WHEREAS, The residents and community leaders of the Village of Plainfield would like to request that along with the approval of any commercial landfill site in the Village of Yorkville, the Village of Yorkville should require as a condition of that approval that all commercial trucks leading to and from that landfill do not pass through the Village of Plainfield; and

WHEREAS,The current proposed traffic pattern, Interstate 55 to Illinois 126 to Illinois 47, would result in a large increase in truck traffic through the Village of Plainfield to a higher level than the already burdensome level on a 2-lane road; the current traffic pattern would also create a more than 350% increase in travel time to local jobs from Kendall to Will County; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Village of Yorkville to adopt a traffic pattern for the proposed Fox Moraine Landfill from I-55 to I-80 to I-47 so as to minimize congestion throughout Illinois communities; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent to the Village President and Village Trustees of the Village of Yorkville, and the County Chairman of the County of Kendall.