Bill Text: IN SCR0004 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging INDOT to rebuild Cline Avenue bridge over the IN Harbor and Ship canal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs [SCR0004 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SCR0004-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION No. 4

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana department of transportation to rebuild the Cline Avenue bridge over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.

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Randolph

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    January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 4

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        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana department of transportation to rebuild the Cline Avenue bridge over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.

    Whereas, Cline Avenue is a major artery used by trucks carrying steel from the lakefront mills;

    Whereas, The 1.25-mile Cline Avenue bridge is a part of this industrial artery leading to steel mills along Lake Michigan, the Majestic Star Casinos in Gary, and the Ameristar Casino in East Chicago;

    Whereas, Approximately 30,000 vehicles per day use this link between the Chicago Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road to Interstate 80/94;

    Whereas, Businesses, steel mills, oil refineries, and casinos in northwest Indiana are the most seriously affected by the bridge closure;

    Whereas, Business losses also directly affect state and local governments, which benefit from taxes businesses pay; and

    Whereas, With the closing and eventual destruction of Cline Avenue and the Cline Avenue bridge, the state will be forced to find ways to alleviate the effects of increased industrial traffic on nearby roads: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly

of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives concurring:

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    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the Indiana department of transportation to rebuild the Cline Avenue bridge over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.
    SECTION 2. That copies of this resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation.