Bill Text: IL SJR0032 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Rescinds the authorization for the Illinois Route 53/120 project, later known as the Tri-County Access project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-31 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SJR0032 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SJR0032-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
expended time and resources on the Illinois Route 53/120
project, later known as the Tri-County Access project, and
estimated in 2019 that it would take substantial funds to
complete studies for that project; and
WHEREAS, The authority for that project derived from
Senate Joint Resolution 14 of the 88th General Assembly,
adopted over a quarter-century ago on July 2, 1993, which
authorized the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to expand
certain roads; and
WHEREAS, In 2012, the 97th General Assembly declined to
pass Senate Joint Resolution 77, which would have explicitly
renewed authorization for the extension of I-53; and
WHEREAS, In July of 2019, the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority requested that the Federal Highway Administration
rescind its Letter of Intent for the Tri-County Environmental
Impact Statement study, which included roads referenced in
Senate Joint Resolution 14 of the 88th General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, In August of 2019, the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority stated that the project lacked sufficient

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local support it previously enjoyed, including the support of
the Lake County Board; and
WHEREAS, The Lake County Board has included the rescission
of Route 53 Extension Authority as part of its legislative
agenda for the 2021 session of the General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, In August of 2019, the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority declared that it was not in the Tollway's
interest to lead further development of the project and
terminated the ongoing study and contracts related to the
project; and
WHEREAS, In October of 2019, the Circuit Court of the 18th
Judicial Circuit found that the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority had terminated the Illinois Route 53/120 project;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the section
authorizing the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to
extend Illinois Route 53 from Lake-Cook Road to Illinois Route
120 then east to Interstate 94 and the section authorizing the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to extend the
North-South Tollway at Illinois Route 120 to the

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Illinois-Wisconsin border near Richmond, Illinois is
rescinded.