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HJ0030 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2     WHEREAS, Section 14.1 of the Toll Highway Act provides that
3 prior to the issuance of bonds for or the commencement of
4 construction of any new toll highway, that particular toll
5 highway shall be authorized by joint resolution of the General
6 Assembly; and

7     WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that it is in the best
8 interests of the people of the State of Illinois to expand the
9 toll highway system; therefore, be it

10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
12 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the facts found in the preamble
13 of this resolution are hereby found to be true and correct; and
14 be it further

15     RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority be
16 authorized to expand the Illinois toll highway system to
17 include a Bypass to O'Hare International Airport (commonly
18 known as Western Access) to be constructed generally along the
19 western edge of the O'Hare International Airport between I-90
20 (Northwest/Jane Addams Tollway) and I-294 (Tri-State Tollway),
21 and with the extension to be constructed in a generally
22 east-west direction between west of I-290 (near Roselle Road)

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1 at the west and the Bypass at the east (commonly known as the
2 Elgin-O'Hare Expressway); and be it further

3     RESOLVED, That construction of the referenced Bypass be
4 completed no later than December 31, 2015; and be it further

5     RESOLVED, That the completion of said construction by 2015
6 is necessary to ensure operational stability for vehicular
7 traffic on the west side of the Airport with the completion of
8 the improvements associated with the O'Hare Modernization
9 Program and the creation of approximately 44,000 new jobs
10 created resulting from the referenced improvement; and be it
11 further

12     RESOLVED, That the referenced completion comports with the
13 timeline required for the many infrastructure improvements
14 required to be in place for the City of Chicago to host the
15 2016 Olympic Games; and be it further

16     RESOLVED, That a copy of this preamble and resolution be
17 immediately forwarded to each of the Directors of the Illinois
18 State Toll Highway Authority.

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