HR0605 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Elgin O'Hare Western Access (EOWA) Project is regionally and nationally significant; and

WHEREAS, The Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project will improve access to a major job center, surrounding communities, and the O'Hare Airport; and

WHEREAS, The Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project includes 17 miles of new roads with 15 new or improved interchanges as part of a new, all-electronic toll road that includes rehabilitating and widening Illinois Route 390, formerly known as the Elgin O'Hare Expressway, and extending it east along Thorndale Avenue to O'Hare International Airport and building a new roadway around the western border of O'Hare, linking the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294); and

WHEREAS, As part of the Move Illinois Program, the Illinois Tollway has committed $3.1 billion toward the $3.4 billion needed to begin building the Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project in 2013; and

WHEREAS, Construction projects of 2021 on I-490 western access to O'Hare International Airport are firmly underway; and

WHEREAS, There are several years to go until the new corridor is complete; and

WHEREAS, Interchange improvements are causing road closures and traffic delays; and

WHEREAS, The Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project has experienced past delays due to funding issues; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and the Illinois Department of Transportation to provide a written report regarding the Elgin O'Hare Western Access (EOWA) Project to the General Assembly; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.