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Alan Keyes: Transportation projects are top priorities in Illinois

Q: What infrastructure projects do you think are priorities in Illinois, and which ones would you work for?

A: Starting with the problem that supports one of the most important sectors in our state, which is the need to take the 70-year-old locks and dams that have been preserved by the Corp of Engineers, but which everybody knows now are in need of attention so that we can maintain the transport system that supports our agriculture. That would be a first priority. Second, we have the problem of congestion in the air space over O’Hare that has been held up by a whole bunch of political paralysis; people paying lip service to what needs to be done, while they stand back in fear of having to deal with what is really, at the end of the day, an effort to control the situation politically. We need to integrate central & southern Illinois into this plan, by making sure that we have encouraged Amtrak to develop its full potential for rail transportation, that knits together our whole state.

Source: IL Senate Debate, Illinois Radio Network Oct 12, 2004

Barack Obama: Invest on transportation and clean coal technology projects

Freight rail is important, and that’s part of what makes us the transportation hub of the nation. We need to significantly improve on it. There’s already a program in place called CREATE that would create a public/private partnership in order to improve our rail line capacity. The south suburban airport is a good idea-although we may depart on how to build it. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., has come up with a plan that involves private investors willing to lay out the risk for this project, and we should get moving on it quickly. I do believe in O’Hare expansion. That’s the crown jewel of our transportation system. Locks and dams has already been mentioned. The FutureGen Project down in southern Illinois, that could do something about revitalizing the coal industry in southern Illinois by funding a billion-dollar project to develop clean coal technology, so Illinois coal can be utilized in a way that’s environmentally sound. One of our highest priorities has to be energy independent in the future.
Source: IL Senate Debate, Illinois Radio Network Oct 12, 2004

  • The above quotations are from Senate Debate, between candidates Barack Obama (D) and Alan Keyes (R), on Illinois Radio Network, Oct. 12, 2004, and Oct. 26, 2004.
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