Full Text of HR0684 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly must work to provide | 3 | | efficient transportation methods that will grow the economy and | 4 | | create much-needed jobs in Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illiana Expressway project is a proposed | 6 | | transportation corridor between the northern portions of | 7 | | Illinois and Indiana; the corridor is expected to be | 8 | | approximately 50 miles in length, with 10 miles of expressway | 9 | | in Indiana and 40 miles of expressway in Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The existing I-55 and I-57 highways provide good | 11 | | routes for north-south travel through the area, but there is a | 12 | | lack of comparable east-west routes south of I-80; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Illiana Expressway would provide comparable | 14 | | east-west routes south of I-80 Chicago and be the first | 15 | | public-private partnership in Illinois; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Public-private partnership projects are the wave | 17 | | of the future; Indiana has already used this model successfully | 18 | | for several projects in their state, including the Chicago | 19 | | Skyway and Ohio River Bridges projects; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Public-private partnership projects tend to be |
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| 1 | | built faster, cost less, and are more efficiently constructed | 2 | | than traditional highway projects; the projects allow states to | 3 | | build great projects like the Illiana Corridor with less tax | 4 | | dollars and allow taxpayers to realize all of the benefits of | 5 | | the project at a fraction of the cost; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illiana Expressway is projected to generate | 7 | | toll revenue that will completely pay for the project and the | 8 | | operation and maintenance of the facility for the term of the | 9 | | projected agreement through 2053; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Moving freight is an important part of the | 11 | | Midwestern economy; the Illiana Expressway would provide a | 12 | | bypass for trucks that allows them to travel through the region | 13 | | without passing through the urban areas that currently surround | 14 | | the existing expressways; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The Illiana Expressway would serve as a | 16 | | much-needed boost to the economy; the Illinois Department of | 17 | | Transportation has estimated that the project will create 9,000 | 18 | | construction jobs and over 25,000 long-term jobs for the | 19 | | region; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Illiana Expressway would provide the State of | 21 | | Illinois with an opportunity to invest in our future, create | 22 | | jobs, improve traffic safety, and provide a cost effective |
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| 1 | | solution to growing transportation needs; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we express our support for the Illiana Expressway project and | 5 | | urge the members of the General Assembly to take the necessary | 6 | | steps to ensure that the expressway is successfully completed; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 10 | | Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the | 11 | | policy board for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, | 12 | | the Metropolitan Planning Council, the chairpersons of the | 13 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Lake County Boards, and the Will | 14 | | County Executive.
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