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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Interstate 55 from Interstate 355 to Interstate
390/Interstate 94 in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties experiences
4severe congestion for extended periods of time on a daily basis
5and is unable to accommodate existing traffic demands; and
 
6    WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation is
7seeking to move forward with a project to provide additional
8highway capacity along Interstate 55 from Interstate 355 to
9Interstate 90/Interstate 94 in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties
10and toll the additional capacity; and
 
11    WHEREAS, the project is contingent on compliance with
12applicable environmental requirements and, if federal funds or
13requirements are involved, approval by the Federal Highway
14Administration; and
 
15    WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Public-Private
16Partnerships for Transportation Act to promote public-private
17partnerships for transportation by authorizing transportation
18agencies to enter into public-private agreements related to the
19development, operation, and financing of transportation
20facilities; and
 
21    WHEREAS, the Department is seeking to move forward with the

 

 

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1project to provide additional highway capacity along
2Interstate 55 from Interstate 355 to Interstate 90/Interstate
394 in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties and toll the additional
4capacity pursuant to the authority provided under the
5Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act; and
 
6    WHEREAS, it is a requirement of subsection (d) of Section
715 of the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act
8that prior to the Department's commencement of a procurement
9under the Act with respect to any potential project, the
10General Assembly shall authorize the commencement of the
11procurement by a joint resolution; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
14SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that in accordance with subsection
15(d) of Section 15 of the Public-Private Partnerships for
16Transportation Act, we authorize the Department to commence a
17procurement process for a project to provide additional highway
18capacity along Interstate 55 from Interstate 355 to Interstate
1990/Interstate 94 in DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties and toll
20the additional capacity; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall be
22presented to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
23Department of Transportation.