Full Text of HR0868 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The essential transportation infrastructure in | 3 | | Illinois is crumbling, putting not only the ability to create | 4 | | new jobs in Illinois at risk, but also the economic activity | 5 | | that already exists in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, International trends in infrastructure capital | 7 | | financing offer hope to create a massive cycle of reinvestment | 8 | | in American infrastructure, both across the nation and within | 9 | | Illinois, without imposing an undue burden on taxpayers; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, This cycle of reinvestment within Illinois must | 11 | | concentrate on the 2,181 miles of interstate-quality highways | 12 | | throughout the State; this mileage, with its pavement and | 13 | | bridges, constitutes the third-longest mileage of | 14 | | interstate-rated highway mileage among the 50 states; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Transportation for Illinois Coalition | 16 | | estimated 40 percent of Illinois road mileage and 20 percent of | 17 | | Illinois bridges will be in unacceptable condition by 2020 | 18 | | unless something significant is done in the near future; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Transportation and the | 20 | | White House have collaborated on a nationwide capital plan, | 21 | | "Building America's Infrastructure," to utilize federal, |
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| 1 | | state, local, and private sources to raise $1.5 trillion in | 2 | | funds for a cycle of American capital infrastructure investment | 3 | | and reinvestment; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, States that cooperate with "Building America's | 5 | | Infrastructure" are expected to be granted a share of the more | 6 | | than $200 billion in federal funds that will be paid out within | 7 | | the states that adhere to the principles and programmatic | 8 | | objectives outlined in the plan; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, We call for Illinois to take concrete steps toward | 10 | | cooperation with the "Building America's Infrastructure" plan | 11 | | and principles; these steps will require Illinois to enact a | 12 | | new, statewide long-term capital plan; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The new, long-term capital plan for Illinois | 14 | | should conform to the principles set down in our State's "Safe | 15 | | Roads" constitutional amendment, which sets aside additional | 16 | | money for transportation infrastructure from existing cash | 17 | | flow by preventing the use of State road funds as a "piggy | 18 | | bank" for financial raids; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The new, long-term capital plan for Illinois | 20 | | should cooperate with the federal administration and with the | 21 | | principles set forth in the "Building America's | 22 | | Infrastructure" plan, so that Illinois can enjoy access to its |
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| 1 | | share of federal moneys for the work to be done here in | 2 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | call upon the Governor of Illinois and the Illinois Department | 6 | | of Transportation to work with the U.S. Department of | 7 | | Transportation to initiate these State-federal ties; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we call for enactment of a statewide | 10 | | long-term transportation capital infrastructure reinvestment | 11 | | plan, based upon the principles of reallocation of the State's | 12 | | road funds, so that these funds are spent for transportation | 13 | | infrastructure only, full cooperation with the federal | 14 | | administration and the "Building America's Infrastructure" | 15 | | plan, and an adherence to the principles of federal, state, | 16 | | local, and private cooperation in the raising and utilization | 17 | | of moneys for transportation capital investment; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Governor Bruce Rauner, to Illinois Department of | 21 | | Transportation Secretary Randall S. Blankenhorn, and to U.S. | 22 | | Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
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