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Enrolled Act No.:
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Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways and Military
Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Adequate funding for I-80 as a critical
freight route.

Subject:
Interstate 80
federal funding.

Summary/Major Elements:

This
joint resolution asks Congress to recognize the importance of Interstate 80 as
a critical freight route and to provide Wyoming with adequate funding to
properly maintain the Interstate.

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ORIGINAL HOUSE

JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.
0002

ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting

that
Congress adequately fund Interstate 80.

WHEREAS, the federal government has assumed important responsibilities in helping fund the nation's interstate highway system; and

WHEREAS
,
the interstate highway system was created in the interests of the national defense; and

WHEREAS, Interstate 80 runs the length of southern
Wyoming
; and

WHEREAS, Interstate 80 serves as an essential link between the east and west coasts of the United States and is a vital freight corridor critical to the commerce of our nation; and

WHEREAS, approximately half of all traffic on Wyoming's section of Interstate 80 is heavy commercial truck traffic that causes much greater roadway damage than does a typical passenger car and which significantly increases maintenance costs; and

WHEREAS, the growth of heavy truck traffic on Interstate 80 is projected to outpace the growth of passenger car traffic almost two
(2)
to one
(1)
over the next
thirty (
30
)
years and average daily truck flows are projected to increase from
six thousand eight hundred ninety-nine (
6,899
)
in 2009 to
twenty-two thousand three hundred (
22,300
)
in 2049; and

WHEREAS, approximately eighty percent (80%) of the traffic on Wyoming's span of Interstate 80 originates and terminates outside of Wyoming and uses Wyoming's span of Interstate 80 for the benefit of interstate commerce
, homeland security
and the national economy; and

WHEREAS, current federal
funding available to Wyoming for the operation and maintenance of Interstate 80 is
insufficient
not only for appropriate improvements, but also to maintain the Interstate in its current condition and configuration; and

WHEREAS, the federal government is not meeting its obligations to Wyoming
or the good of the nation
regarding its funding commitment for Interstate 80, is placing a financial strain on Wyoming and is jeopardizing the operational health of one of the nation's crucial freight corridors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
:

Section 1.

That the federal government appropriate funds to Wyoming in such an amount so as to allow Wyoming to maintain Interstate 80 in its
best physical and safest condition
.

Section 2
.

That the federal government recognize future demands that will be placed on Interstate 80 and protect this nation's infrastructure by beginning to make appropriate allocations and adjustments necessary to meet future funding requirements.

Section 3
.

That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress and to the Wyoming Congressional Delegation.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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Adequate funding for I-80 as a critical freight route.

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