Full Text of HR0666 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, According to a report by NBC 5 Chicago, as of | 3 | | September 30, 2021, a total of 185 expressway shootings | 4 | | happened in the Chicago region, more than double the 83 the | 5 | | area had seen by the same date the previous year, which is a | 6 | | 45% increase over the 128 shootings the region experienced in | 7 | | all of 2020; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, By September 30, 2021, at least 85 people have | 9 | | been wounded in expressway shootings, and 16 have been killed; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, According to the Illinois State Police, a very | 12 | | small percentage of expressway shootings in the Chicago area | 13 | | are cases of road rage;
the shootings are opportunistic, where | 14 | | somebody has a problem with somebody else and they cross paths | 15 | | on the interstate; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, One suggestion that has been put forth to deter | 17 | | crime on the Chicago expressways is to convert expressways | 18 | | into toll roads, but that idea may be illegal; the 1956 | 19 | | Interstate Highway Act generally bans tolling on interstates; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the years, Congress has authorized |
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| 1 | | pilot programs under which states can start collecting tolls | 2 | | on existing interstates to fund improvements on those roads, | 3 | | but only for the purpose of road improvements; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway I-57 is a high traffic | 5 | | expressway where numerous shootings have occurred, and a state | 6 | | tollway system could serve to reduce violence by making it | 7 | | more difficult for these opportunistic shootings to take | 8 | | place; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we call on the U.S. Congress to authorize a policy change to | 12 | | allow existing interstates built with federal funding to | 13 | | become state tollways, enabling Illinois to convert the Dan | 14 | | Ryan Expressway I-57 into a toll road for the safety of its | 15 | | citizens; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | 18 | | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | 19 | | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | 20 | | Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | 21 | | Delegation.
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