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1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority |
3 | | expended time and resources on the Illinois Route 53/120 |
4 | | project, later known as the Tri-County Access project, and |
5 | | estimated in 2019 that it would take substantial funds to |
6 | | complete studies for that project; and
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7 | | WHEREAS, The authority for that project derived from |
8 | | Senate Joint Resolution 14 of the 88th General Assembly, |
9 | | adopted over a quarter-century ago on July 2, 1993, which |
10 | | authorized the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to expand |
11 | | certain roads; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, the 97th General Assembly declined to |
13 | | pass Senate Joint Resolution 77, which would have explicitly |
14 | | renewed authorization for the extension of I-53; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, In July of 2019, the Illinois State Toll Highway |
16 | | Authority requested that the Federal Highway Administration |
17 | | rescind its Letter of Intent for the "Tri-County Environmental |
18 | | Impact Statement" study, which included roads referenced in |
19 | | Senate Joint Resolution 14 of the 88th General Assembly; and
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20 | | WHEREAS, In August of 2019, the Illinois State Toll |
21 | | Highway Authority stated that the project lacked sufficient |