By:  Haley                                            S.C.R. No. 72
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, The United States, Canada, and Mexico have recently
    1-2  entered into a three-way agreement designed to promote and enhance
    1-3  economic development opportunities for businesses in all three
    1-4  countries; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, A significant factor in any economic plan is the
    1-6  improvement of transportation systems; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, The United States Congress is currently considering
    1-8  measures to establish a major transportation route to be known as
    1-9  Interstate 69 which will connect Canada and Mexico through the
   1-10  heartland of the United States; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, Interstate 69 will run from the Canadian-United
   1-12  States border at Port Huron, Michigan, to the Mexican-United States
   1-13  border at Laredo, Texas, winding through eight states; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, The United States Congress is currently debating
   1-15  measures which will determine the location of Interstate 69; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, In determining the location of Interstate 69, the
   1-17  United States Congress should be guided by cost-effectiveness and
   1-18  timeliness of completion; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, The Interstate 69 Association, which is comprised of
   1-20  local community and business leaders and members of chambers of
   1-21  commerce from the eight states that would be affected by
   1-22  construction of the interstate, have stated that Interstate 69
   1-23  should cross the Louisiana-Texas border via United States 84 at
    2-1  Joaquin, Texas; it would then continue along United States 84 until
    2-2  reaching United States 59 at Tenaha, then follow United States 59
    2-3  corridor to Houston and continue along 59 until reaching the
    2-4  Mexican border at Laredo; now, therefore, be it
    2-5        RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
    2-6  hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to take all
    2-7  necessary action to ensure that Interstate 69 will enter Texas at
    2-8  Joaquin and follow along the least congested and most feasible
    2-9  route between the Louisiana-Texas and Texas-Mexico borders; and, be
   2-10  it further
   2-11        RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
   2-12  and forwarded to the President of the United States, to the
   2-13  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   2-14  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members
   2-15  of the Texas delegation to the Congress with the request that this
   2-16  resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
   2-17  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.