[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5781]
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                  STATEMENTS ON SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 288--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT NEW 
 HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS KEN CURRAN AND GEORGE McAVOY BE HONORED FOR THEIR 
    INITIATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYER AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 
    CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOORE RESERVOIR CAUSEWAY IN LITTLETON, NEW 
                               HAMPSHIRE

  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works:

                              S. Res. 288

       Whereas Ken Curran and George McAvoy have given a lifetime 
     of service to the town of Littleton and the State of New 
     Hampshire through both private and public service;
       Whereas Mr. Curran and Mr. McAvoy, as private citizens, 
     suggested the construction of a causeway in lieu of a costly 
     bridge over the Moore Reservoir;
       Whereas Mr. Curran and Mr. McAvoy, on their own time and 
     using their own money, defeated construction of an expensive 
     and unnecessary Interstate Route 93 bridge at Pattenville 
     Draw near Littleton, New Hampshire;
       Whereas Mr. Curran went out of his way to hire an engineer, 
     develop plans for a new Interstate Route 93 crossing, and 
     submit those plans to the State highway division in an effort 
     to build the causeway;
       Whereas after years of debate, a causeway was finally 
     selected with a winning bid of only $4,300,000, far less 
     expensive than the original $20,000,000 to $25,000,000 
     estimate for a dual bridge;
       Whereas the New Hampshire Division of Public Works and 
     Highways estimates that, as a result of Mr. Curran's and Mr. 
     McAvoy's efforts, the total final savings to taxpayers was 
     more than $12,600,000; and
       Whereas the great State of New Hampshire has recently 
     designated the Interstate Route 93 causeway at Moore Dam in 
     Littleton as the ``Curran/McAvoy Causeway'': Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved, That

     SECTION 1. COMMENDATION.

       The Senate commends Mr. Ken Curran and Mr. George McAvoy 
     for their exemplary service on behalf of the taxpayers of New 
     Hampshire and the United States in the construction of the 
     Interstate Route 93 causeway at Moore Dam in Littleton, New 
     Hampshire.

     SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION OF RESOLUTION.

       The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
     resolution to Mr. Curran and Mr. McAvoy of Littleton, New 
     Hampshire.

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