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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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