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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Currently, access from Illinois Route 173
3(IL-173) to Interstate 94 (I-94) in Lake County is available
4only for vehicles traveling South; there is no entrance point
5for vehicles that wish to travel North; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Full-access between IL-173 and I-94 would create
7an economic corridor in Lake County where competition is
8strong, especially between Illinois and Wisconsin; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Access and connectivity to transportation
10improves economic growth and would increase Illinois' ability
11to compete with Wisconsin; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois
14Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll
15Highway Authority to construct a full-access interchange at
16IL-173 and I-94; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
19Transportation and the Executive Director of the Illinois State
20Toll Highway Authority Board of Directors.