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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, Improving Illinois roads improves the quality of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 life for the citizens of our State; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 WHEREAS, The citizens of Jackson, Perry, Randolph, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 Monroe Counties have expressed a desire to expand Illinois |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Routes 127/154/3 from two to four lanes; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 WHEREAS, Since 2018, these counties have advocated for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 this expansion by forming the Four County Coalition, the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 Southwest Connector Task Force, and now the Southwest |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 Connector Coalition; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, In 2019, the Southwest Connector Task Force, as |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 formed by a Senate Joint Resolution in the 100th General |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 Assembly, issued a 125-page report giving the justifications |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 for the project that included economic development, safety, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 and national security concerns; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, The report is available for all to review at the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 coalition's website, siconnector.com; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, This proposed highway expansion enjoys the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 support of Laborers Local 773, the Illinois Retail Merchants |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 Association, the Jackson County NAACP, Southern Illinois |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 University, dozens of municipalities, hundreds of private |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 businesses, and thousands of Southern Illinois residents; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 WHEREAS, The Biden Administration has authorized historic |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 levels of federal spending to re-build and expand our nation's |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 infrastructure; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 WHEREAS, The Southwest Connector Coalition is actively |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 pursuing federal funding that has the potential to inject |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 nearly a billion dollars into Illinois infrastructure, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 creating hundreds of good paying union jobs, enhancing the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 Illinois economy, and improving the safety of travel for all |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Illinoisans; therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our support |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 for the Southwest Connector Coalition's efforts to keep this |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 project moving forward; and be it further |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 RESOLVED, That we encourage the members of the Southwest |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 Connector Coalition to remain engaged in their efforts to |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 improve the great State of Illinois; and be it further |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20 presented to the Southwest Connector Coalition as a symbol of |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21 our respect and esteem. |
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