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Joint resolution appropriating $43,530,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds, and $295,000 of 2010A General Obligation (GO) bond funds for the intersection improvement of Rollins Road at Illinois Route 83, Rollins Road Gateway Improvement, and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.
Staff Summary
· Rollins Road Gateway Improvement; Construction Appropriation.
· This improvement includes the construction of a grade separation of Rollins Road under the Canadian National Railroad (CNRR), the reconstruction of the intersection of Rollins Road and Illinois Route 83, and the reconstruction and relocation of Rollins Road and Hainesville Road to provide increased traffic capacities.
· FY 2014 Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Grade Crossing Protection funding in the amount of $10,876,264 has been identified for the construction of this project.
· Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $43,530,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds, and $295,000 of 2010A GO bond funds is necessary.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Rollins Road, at its intersection with Hainesville Road, County Highway 24, and Illinois Route 83, could be improved along with construction of a grade separation of the Canadian National Railroad (CNRR) to provide increased traffic capacities (Rollins Road Gateway Improvement); and
WHEREAS, plans, specifications and estimates of costs for this improvement have been completed, and this improvement is now ready to proceed to contract letting; and
WHEREAS, before a construction letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is needed; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $43,530,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and $295,000 of 2010A GO bond funds for the intersection improvement of Rollins Road at Illinois Route 83, Rollins Road Gateway Improvement, and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2013.