Full Text of HJR0072 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 | | continuously looking for ways to improve the quality of mass | 4 | | transit and help its citizens move about the State more | 5 | | efficiently; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Establishing an East-West passenger rail corridor | 7 | | in the State of Illinois would improve access to nearly a dozen | 8 | | universities and community colleges and nearly a half-dozen | 9 | | private colleges; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, A passenger rail connection between the Quad | 11 | | Cities campus of Western Illinois University and the Macomb | 12 | | campus would greatly improve the efficiency of intercampus | 13 | | service by staff and access by students; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor would | 15 | | provide citizens across Illinois better, quicker, and easier | 16 | | access to the high-speed railroad corridor from Chicago to St. | 17 | | Louis; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor from the | 19 | | Moline/Rock Island area to Danville, via Galesburg, Peoria, | 20 | | Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana, could be constructed | 21 | | using existing railroad lines; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor would | 2 | | contribute to further economic development including increased | 3 | | mobility for workers across the State; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor would help | 5 | | reduce highway congestion, improve quality of life, and reduce | 6 | | air pollution; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor is in the | 8 | | best interest of national security, should large numbers of | 9 | | people need to be moved quickly due to a natural disaster or an | 10 | | act of aggression; rail service would be the most reliable, | 11 | | available, and efficient means of transport; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, An East-West passenger rail corridor from | 13 | | Moline/Rock Island to Danville would provide a connection | 14 | | between all 3 existing North-South railroad corridors; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 18 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support the development of an | 19 | | East-West passenger rail corridor in the State; and be it | 20 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 3 | | Transportation, Ann L. Schneider.
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