Full Text of SR0215 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2019, the General Assembly and the Governor | 3 | | worked together to enact Rebuild Illinois, the largest capital | 4 | | construction program in Illinois history; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rebuild Illinois is a $45 billion, six-year, | 6 | | comprehensive, and equitable capital program designed to | 7 | | tackle Illinois' crumbling infrastructure by providing | 8 | | responsible funding for roads, bridges, public transit | 9 | | systems, clean water infrastructure, rural broadband, and | 10 | | public schools; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Rebuild Illinois capital construction program | 12 | | provides sustainable, responsible, and constitutionally | 13 | | protected funding to rebuild Illinois' infrastructure and | 14 | | create over 500,000 prevailing wage jobs without causing | 15 | | further strain on our state's budget; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rebuild Illinois created Illinois Works, a first | 17 | | of its kind holistic approach to increasing minority | 18 | | participation in the building and construction trades, to | 19 | | ensure that the jobs and opportunities created under Rebuild | 20 | | Illinois are available to every citizen in Illinois regardless | 21 | | of their race, gender, or zip code; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Covid-19 pandemic has financially decimated | 2 | | Illinois' economy, and transportation user fees have dropped | 3 | | more than $300 million dollars in 2020 due to the necessary | 4 | | restrictions on travel and stay-at-home orders; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The projected revenue sources for the vertical | 6 | | construction program of Rebuild Illinois have dropped over 40 | 7 | | percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting | 8 | | stay-at-home orders; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Every dollar invested in infrastructure spending | 10 | | returns $1.57 to local economies, and failure to invest in | 11 | | infrastructure will further harm the local economies and | 12 | | prolong the State's recovery; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The United States Congress has passed the | 14 | | American Rescue Plan that will provide over $13 billion | 15 | | dollars in economic relief to address the needs of families, | 16 | | businesses, local governments, and schools that have been | 17 | | impacted by COVID-19 and the resulting economic crisis; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the members of the | 21 | | General Assembly and the Governor's Administration are urged | 22 | | to invest our transportation and infrastructure dollars as |
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| 1 | | promised under Rebuild Illinois to make good on our collective | 2 | | commitment to fix our roads, bridges, and schools while | 3 | | creating jobs and opportunities for all residents of Illinois.
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