Full Text of SR0282 96th General Assembly
SR0282 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, President Barack Obama has transformed intercity | 3 |
| passenger rail policy by articulating a vision for high-speed | 4 |
| rail in the nation and putting real resources behind his | 5 |
| vision; and
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| WHEREAS, The Federal Railroad Administration has | 7 |
| designated corridors throughout the nation, including St. | 8 |
| Louis-Chicago, St. Paul-Chicago, Detroit-Chicago, and | 9 |
| Cleveland-Chicago as high-speed rail corridors eligible for | 10 |
| federal funding; and
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| WHEREAS, Two of the largest cities in the nation, Chicago | 12 |
| and New York City, are not currently contemplated to be linked | 13 |
| together in any high-speed rail corridor designations; and
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| WHEREAS, A Chicago-Cleveland and a Buffalo-New York City | 15 |
| corridor have both been designated as high-speed rail | 16 |
| corridors; and
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| WHEREAS, Cleveland and Buffalo are 190 miles apart; and
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| WHEREAS, Establishing a Cleveland-Buffalo corridor would | 19 |
| connect the two great cities of Chicago and New York City, | 20 |
| strengthening both high-speed rail networks immeasurably by |
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| granting access to the Midwest and East corridors to both | 2 |
| population centers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in the spirit of | 5 |
| regional cooperation, we urge President Barack Obama, the | 6 |
| Secretary of United States Department of Transportation, Ray | 7 |
| LaHood, and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad | 8 |
| Administration, Joseph Szabo, to designate the | 9 |
| Cleveland-Buffalo corridor a high-speed rail corridor eligible | 10 |
| for federal funding in order to create a high-speed rail | 11 |
| corridor between Chicago and New York City; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| delivered to President Obama, the Illinois congressional | 14 |
| delegation, the Secretary of the United States Department
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| Transportation, and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad | 16 |
| Administration.
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