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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY FREEMAN, MILLER, MURPHY, WENDT, WHITEAD, MERTZ, 1 3 KUHN, D. TAYLOR, SHOULTZ, OSTERHAUS, JOCHUM, 1 4 THOMAS, BERRY, FORD, MYERS, TJEPKES, RASMUSSEN, 1 5 HUSEMAN, CHAMBERS, ALONS, HOFFMAN, GRANZOW, 1 6 ROBERTS, TYMESON, FREVERT, RAYHONS, LUKAN, 1 7 MANTERNACH, DENNIS, D. HANSON, EICHHORN, KLEMME, 1 8 RANTS, UPMEYER, JENKINS, SCHICKEL, DIX, and GIPP 1 9 A Concurrent Resolution supporting the completion of 1 10 U.S. Highway 20 across northern Iowa and requesting 1 11 federal assistance. 1 12 WHEREAS, the Iowa General Assembly finds that a 1 13 critical need exists to complete U.S. Highway 20 as a 1 14 four-lane, high priority corridor across the state of 1 15 Iowa; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the road known as U.S. Highway 20 was one 1 17 of the first coast-to-coast highways in the United 1 18 States, beginning in downtown Boston and continuing 1 19 across the country to the Pacific Coast in Oregon; and 1 20 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 20 connects all north-south 1 21 interstates in Iowa and is an arterial link to the 1 22 North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) corridor; and 1 23 WHEREAS, Iowa has three north-south interstate 1 24 highways, but only one east-west interstate highway, 1 25 and the distance from northwest Iowa to Chicago via 1 26 Interstate 80 is approximately 100 miles farther than 1 27 the distance via U.S. Highway 20; and 1 28 WHEREAS, most northwest Iowa businesses and farms 1 29 are located 60 to 90 miles from a four-lane highway, 1 30 limiting the region's potential for economic growth; 2 1 and 2 2 WHEREAS, an estimated 50 percent of the millions of 2 3 bushels of corn and soybeans grown in the region are 2 4 shipped out of northwest Iowa by truck; and 2 5 WHEREAS, more than 6,500 businesses are located in 2 6 the 10 Iowa counties along the U.S. Highway 20 2 7 corridor, and of the 109 Iowa companies with 1,000 or 2 8 more employees, 30 are located or have a presence in 2 9 those counties; and 2 10 WHEREAS, more than 11,000 businesses are located in 2 11 the 19 Iowa counties that U.S. Highway 20 serves as an 2 12 arterial highway connecting to Interstate 29 and 2 13 Interstate 35; and 2 14 WHEREAS, the environmentally friendly bridge built 2 15 over the Iowa river near Iowa Falls at a cost of $20 2 16 million demonstrates the corridor's promise as a 2 17 showcase for Iowa's natural beauty; and 2 18 WHEREAS, the estimated cost to complete the 2 19 construction of U.S. Highway 20 as a four-lane highway 2 20 from Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Moville, Iowa, is $450 2 21 million; and 2 22 WHEREAS, the completion of U.S. Highway 20 as a 2 23 high priority, east-west corridor is a good investment 2 24 for all of Iowa and the nation; NOW THEREFORE, 2 25 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 2 26 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly 2 27 supports the completion of U.S. Highway 20 as a high 2 28 priority corridor across the northern half of Iowa; 2 29 and 2 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General 3 1 Assembly supports inclusion of U.S. Highway 20 as a 3 2 high priority corridor in the upcoming reauthorization 3 3 of the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 3 4 Century and in the federal appropriation request by 3 5 the State Department of Transportation for fiscal year 3 6 2004; and 3 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this 3 8 Resolution be sent to the Director of the United 3 9 States Department of Transportation, the Director of 3 10 the State Department of Transportation, and to the 3 11 members of Iowa's congressional delegation. 3 12 LSB 2395HH 80 3 13 dea/cf/24
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