Full Text of HJR0009 98th 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, In 1995 by Senate Joint Resolution 45 (the 1995 | 8 | | Resolution) the General Assembly approved the expansion of the | 9 | | Illinois toll highway system to include an O'Hare Airport | 10 | | Bypass with Extension, with the Bypass to be constructed | 11 | | generally along the western edge of the O'Hare Airport between | 12 | | I-90 (Northwest Tollway) near Elmhurst Road and I-294 | 13 | | (Tri-State Tollway) near Grand Avenue, and with the extension | 14 | | to be constructed in a generally East-West direction between | 15 | | I-290 (near Thorndale Avenue) at the West and the Bypass at the | 16 | | East; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate, following | 18 | | extensive multi-agency public outreach culminating in | 19 | | recommendations agreed upon by all communities along the | 20 | | proposed Elgin-O'Hare corridor to proceed with construction of | 21 | | new toll highway facilities, to update the 1995 Resolution to | 22 | | reflect the current project recommendation as outlined in the | 23 | | October 2012 Tier 2 Final Environmental Impact Statement that |
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| 1 | | was jointly executed by the Federal Aviation Administration, | 2 | | Federal Highway Administration, Illinois Department of | 3 | | Transportation, and Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, It may be necessary and appropriate to expand the | 5 | | project limits over time to adhere to future additions or | 6 | | expansions of the EOWA project; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 9 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois State Toll Highway | 10 | | Authority be authorized to expand the Illinois toll highway | 11 | | system, under a project to be known as the Elgin-O'Hare Western | 12 | | Access (EOWA), to include an O'Hare Airport Bypass with | 13 | | Extension, general access to O'Hare Airport primarily from the | 14 | | West and South, with the Bypass to be constructed generally | 15 | | along the western edge of the O'Hare Airport between I-90 | 16 | | (Northwest Tollway) near Elmhurst Road and I-294 (Tri-State | 17 | | Tollway) near Grand Avenue, and with the Extension to be | 18 | | constructed in a generally East-West direction between the | 19 | | Bypass at the East and the western terminus of the Elgin-O'Hare | 20 | | Expressway at U.S. 20 to the West; including, but not limited | 21 | | to, any necessary access ramps and bridges; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, | 23 | | in performing work to complete the EOWA project, consider and |
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| 1 | | utilize, to the extent practicable, available technology and | 2 | | construction processes intended to reduce the environmental | 3 | | impact of the project on surrounding areas, and to perform work | 4 | | that will facilitate establishment of future freight | 5 | | inter-modal transport, and alternative transport modes | 6 | | including rail transit, bicycle, and pedestrian within the | 7 | | project area; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That that the Illinois State Toll Highway | 9 | | Authority shall complete the EOWA project in a manner that | 10 | | supports diversity involvement in the project work and economic | 11 | | development in the region; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this preamble and resolution be | 13 | | immediately forwarded to each of the Directors of the Illinois | 14 | | State Toll Highway Authority.
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