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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, CALTAGIRONE, FABRIZIO, JAMES, KORTZ, MANN, MATZIE, MURT, SAINATO AND GEIST, JUNE 20, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 20, 2012 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Memorializing the United States Department of Transportation to |
2 | issue a Transportation Investment Generating Economic |
3 | Recovery (TIGER) grant to the Borough of Ellwood City. |
4 | WHEREAS, The Borough of Ellwood City has timely submitted a |
5 | TIGER grant application to the United States Department of |
6 | Transportation for the Borough's Economic Development Project |
7 | Phase II; and |
8 | WHEREAS, This project represents the second part of a multi- |
9 | phased project in the Central Business District along the public |
10 | right-of-way of 5th Street from Crescent Avenue to Spring |
11 | Avenue; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The Ellwood City Downtown Economic Development |
13 | Project Phase II will remove the deteriorated street corridor |
14 | and infrastructure systems and construct comprehensive |
15 | transportation infrastructure; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The Ellwood City Downtown Economic Development |
17 | Project Phase II will contribute to the economic competitiveness |
18 | of the region by providing adequate infrastructure improvements |
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1 | that will retain existing jobs while attracting new businesses |
2 | to create new jobs; and |
3 | WHEREAS, An additional major economic thrust of the project |
4 | is to create a designation location for the residents and |
5 | tourists who use the Beaver and Connoquenessing Rivers and River |
6 | Trail; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The project will also reduce travel times, improve |
8 | vehicular and pedestrian safety and connect the downtown with |
9 | the Ellwood City High School; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The revitalized downtown area will provide a |
11 | historic Main Street setting within easy driving distance of |
12 | one-half hour to attract tourists to frequent Ellwood City's |
13 | downtown restaurants, specialty shops, farmers market, and |
14 | community plaza; and |
15 | WHEREAS, The project area will allow downtown to become the |
16 | community living room, enhancing both economic development and |
17 | quality of life; therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the |
19 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the United States |
20 | Department of Transportation to issue a Transportation |
21 | Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to the |
22 | Borough of Ellwood City; and be it further |
23 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to |
24 | the presiding officers of each house of Congress, each member of |
25 | Congress from Pennsylvania and the United States Secretary of |
26 | Transportation. |
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