Full Text of SR1021 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport was a | 3 | | single-strip airport on Northerly Island in Chicago that began | 4 | | operation on December 10, 1948; by 1955, Meigs Field became the | 5 | | country's busiest single-strip airport, generating 40,000 | 6 | | flights every year and earning over $450,000,000 annually; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On March 31, 2003, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley | 8 | | ordered private crews to destroy the Meigs Field runway in the | 9 | | middle of the night, bulldozing large X-shaped gouges into the | 10 | | runway surface and rendering the airstrip unusable; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Repairing and reopening Meigs Field could spur | 12 | | great economic growth in the City of Chicago and State of | 13 | | Illinois; advances in technology and proper administration | 14 | | could increase traffic at Meigs to over 50,000 flights every | 15 | | year and bring in over $600,000,000 annually, which would serve | 16 | | as a great boon to the people of this State during these | 17 | | sagging economic times; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Reopening Meigs Field would also relieve the | 19 | | congestion problems routinely seen at Midway Airport and O'Hare | 20 | | International Airport and would lead to the creation of many | 21 | | jobs; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Most people who traveled to Meigs Field came to | 2 | | the City of Chicago to conduct business or to attend | 3 | | conventions within the city; reopening the airport would | 4 | | reestablish this economic opportunity and aid the various | 5 | | convention centers throughout Chicago, including McCormick | 6 | | Place; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The revitalization and reopening of Meigs Field | 8 | | represents a golden opportunity for the people of the City of | 9 | | Chicago and the State of Illinois to improve the economic | 10 | | climate of the City of Chicago and the State, create countless | 11 | | new jobs for Illinois workers, and to bring an iconic symbol | 12 | | back to the City of Chicago; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the City of | 15 | | Chicago to repair and reopen Meigs Field Airport as soon as | 16 | | possible in order to bring much-needed resources and jobs to | 17 | | this State; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and each member of | 20 | | the Chicago City Council.
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