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91_SR0027
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Harvey Gordon Clark died in Chicago at 59th and
3 Lake Shore Drive on November 30, 1991 in a head-on automotive
4 collision which could have been averted if protective
5 barriers had been in place to separate North and South bound
6 traffic; and
7 WHEREAS, Bright yellow colored, temporary concrete
8 barricades were erected in the medium strip of that dangerous
9 stretch of roadway; and
10 WHEREAS, After years of safe, accident free vehicular
11 passage, the temporary structures are now coming down and a
12 permanent, more attractive dividers are taking their place;
13 therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the safety dividers
16 located at 59th and Lake Shore Drive be named the Harvey
17 Gordon Clark Lifesavers; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation,
19 together with the City of Chicago, be requested to erect, at
20 a suitable location consistent with State and federal
21 regulations, an appropriate plaque or signs giving notice of
22 the name of the dividers; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
24 presented to the family of Harvey Gordon Clark, the Mayor of
25 the City of Chicago, and the Secretary of Transportation.