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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY SIEVERS, BEHN, KETTERING, PUTNEY, ANGELO, HOSCH,
1 3 LARSON, BOETTGER, SEYMOUR, SCHUERER, IVERSON,
1 4 McKIBBEN, STEWART, BEALL, BOLKCOM, QUIRMBACH,
1 5 SENG, DVORSKY, HORN, WARNSTADT, BLACK, and COURTNEY
1 6 A Concurrent Resolution supporting the widening,
1 7 improvement, and enhancement of U.S. Highway 30
1 8 across central Iowa and requesting federal
1 9 assistance.
1 10 WHEREAS, the road known as U.S. Highway 30 closely
1 11 follows the historic route known as the Lincoln
1 12 Highway across central Iowa; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the Lincoln Highway, extending from New
1 14 York City to San Francisco, was the first
1 15 transcontinental paved highway in the United States
1 16 and the first such road conceived specifically for the
1 17 automobile; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the Lincoln Highway continues to generate
1 19 historic and nostalgic interest among the American
1 20 public, and Iowa communities stand to benefit from
1 21 tourism opportunities along that route; and
1 22 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 30 intersects all north-south
1 23 interstates in Iowa and serves as an important
1 24 alternate east-west route to heavily traveled
1 25 Interstate 80; and
1 26 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 30 functions as an important
1 27 conduit for the movement of Iowa commodities, value-
1 28 added agricultural products, and manufactured goods;
1 29 and
1 30 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 30 is the primary route for
2 1 many rural and urban commuters to their jobs in large
2 2 and small educational and commercial centers; and
2 3 WHEREAS, in western Iowa, U.S. Highway 30 provides
2 4 a close connection to Omaha, Nebraska, and, in eastern
2 5 Iowa, the highway is within 19 miles of Illinois
2 6 Interstate 88, serving Chicago and the world markets
2 7 beyond; and
2 8 WHEREAS, U.S. Highway 30 provides an arterial link
2 9 to highways leading to Canada and Mexico; and
2 10 WHEREAS, truck and automobile traffic on U.S.
2 11 Highway 30 has increased over the last several years,
2 12 giving rise to issues of safety; and
2 13 WHEREAS, the Iowa General Assembly finds that there
2 14 is a critical need to complete expansion of U.S.
2 15 Highway 30 to four lanes as part of Iowa's Commercial
2 16 and Industrial Network; NOW THEREFORE,
2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 18 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 19 Assembly supports the completion of four-lane
2 20 construction and improvements and enhancements to U.S.
2 21 Highway 30; and
2 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
2 23 Assembly requests the designation of U.S. Highway 30
2 24 as a high priority corridor in the upcoming
2 25 reauthorization of the federal Transportation Equity
2 26 Act for the 21st Century and in the federal
2 27 appropriation request by the State Department of
2 28 Transportation for fiscal year 2004; and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 30 Resolution be sent to the Director of the United
3 1 States Department of Transportation, the Director of
3 2 the State Department of Transportation, and the
3 3 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 4 LSB 3483SS 80
3 5 dea/pj/5
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