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SR0083LRB104 05741 LAW 15771 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Improving Illinois roads improves the quality of 

3life for the citizens of our State; and

4 WHEREAS, The citizens of Jackson, Perry, Randolph, and 

5Monroe Counties have expressed a desire to expand Illinois 

6Routes 127/154/3 from two to four lanes; and

7 WHEREAS, Since 2018, these counties have advocated for 

8this expansion by forming the Four County Coalition, the 

9Southwest Connector Task Force, and now the Southwest 

10Connector Coalition; and

11 WHEREAS, In 2019, the Southwest Connector Task Force, as 

12formed by a Senate Joint Resolution in the 100th General 

13Assembly, issued a 125-page report giving the justifications 

14for the project that included economic development, safety, 

15and national security concerns; and

16 WHEREAS, The report is available for all to review at the 

17coalition's website, siconnector.com; and

18 WHEREAS, This proposed highway expansion enjoys the 

19support of Laborers Local 773, the Illinois Retail Merchants 

20Association, the Jackson County NAACP, Southern Illinois 

SR0083- 2 -LRB104 05741 LAW 15771 r

1University, dozens of municipalities, hundreds of private 

2businesses, and thousands of Southern Illinois residents; and

3 WHEREAS, There have been historic levels of federal 

4spending authorized to rebuild and expand our nation's 

5infrastructure; and

6 WHEREAS, The Southwest Connector Coalition is actively 

7pursuing federal funding that has the potential to inject 

8nearly a billion dollars into Illinois infrastructure, 

9creating hundreds of good paying union jobs, enhancing the 

10Illinois economy, and improving the safety of travel for all 

11Illinoisans; therefore, be it

12 RESOLVED, BY