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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY HOSCH, BEALL, QUIRMBACH, WARNSTADT, HATCH,
1 3 DOTZLER, GRONSTAL, STEWART, CONNOLLY, KIBBIE,
1 4 VEENSTRA, HOUSER, WIECK, SEYMOUR, JOHNSON, REHBERG,
1 5 ZIEMAN, BRUNKHORST, PUTNEY, LUNDBY, KETTERING,
1 6 SCHUERER, BEHN, SIEVERS, GASKILL, REDFERN, McKIBBEN,
1 7 and IVERSON
1 8 A Concurrent Resolution supporting the completion of
1 9 U.S. Highway 20 across northern Iowa and requesting
1 10 federal assistance.
1 11 WHEREAS, the Iowa General Assembly finds that a
1 12 critical need exists to complete U.S. Highway 20 as a
1 13 four-lane, high priority corridor across the state of
1 14 Iowa; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the road known as U.S. Highway 20 was one
1 16 of the first coast-to-coast highways in the United
1 17 States, beginning in downtown Boston and continuing
1 18 across the country to the Pacific Coast in Oregon; and
1 19 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 20 connects all north-south
1 20 interstates in Iowa and is an arterial link to the
1 21 North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) corridor; and
1 22 WHEREAS, Iowa has three north-south interstate
1 23 highways, but only one east-west interstate highway,
1 24 and the distance from northwest Iowa to Chicago via
1 25 Interstate 80 is approximately 100 miles farther than
1 26 the distance via U.S. Highway 20; and
1 27 WHEREAS, most northwest Iowa businesses and farms
1 28 are located 60 to 90 miles from a four-lane highway,
1 29 limiting the region's potential for economic growth;
1 30 and
2 1 WHEREAS, an estimated 50 percent of the millions of
2 2 bushels of corn and soybeans grown in the region are
2 3 shipped out of northwest Iowa by truck; and
2 4 WHEREAS, more than 6,500 businesses are located in
2 5 the 10 Iowa counties along the U.S. Highway 20
2 6 corridor, and of the 109 Iowa companies with 1,000 or
2 7 more employees, 30 are located or have a presence in
2 8 those counties; and
2 9 WHEREAS, more than 11,000 businesses are located in
2 10 the 19 Iowa counties that U.S. Highway 20 serves as an
2 11 arterial highway connecting to Interstate 29 and
2 12 Interstate 35; and
2 13 WHEREAS, the environmentally friendly bridge built
2 14 over the Iowa river near Iowa Falls at a cost of $20
2 15 million demonstrates the corridor's promise as a
2 16 showcase for Iowa's natural beauty; and
2 17 WHEREAS, the estimated cost to complete the
2 18 construction of U.S. Highway 20 as a four-lane highway
2 19 from Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Moville, Iowa, is $450
2 20 million; and
2 21 WHEREAS, the completion of U.S. Highway 20 as a
2 22 high priority, east-west corridor is a good investment
2 23 for all of Iowa and the nation; NOW THEREFORE,
2 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 25 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 26 Assembly supports the completion of U.S. Highway 20 as
2 27 a high priority corridor across the northern half of
2 28 Iowa; and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
2 30 Assembly supports inclusion of U.S. Highway 20 as a
3 1 high priority corridor in the upcoming reauthorization
3 2 of the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
3 3 Century and in the federal appropriation request by
3 4 the State Department of Transportation for fiscal year
3 5 2004; and
3 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
3 7 Resolution be sent to the Director of the United
3 8 States Department of Transportation, the Director of
3 9 the State Department of Transportation, and to the
3 10 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 11 LSB 2395XS 80
3 12 dea/cf/24
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