Title
Joint resolution adopting the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program as the official transportation program for the Lake County Division of Transportation.
Staff Summary
• Illinois Road and Bridge Laws (605 ILCS 5/5-301) require County Engineers of the State of Illinois to annually prepare an updated five-year Transportation Improvement Program.
• The five-year Transportation Improvement Program is a planning document that serves, in part, as the scheduling component of Lake County’s Long-Range Transportation Plan (2040 Transportation Plan) and is intended as a guide for future improvement and maintenance.
• The County Engineer and Division of Transportation staff have prepared the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program and the County Engineer presented the program to the Public Works and Transportation Committee on May 28, 2025.
• The 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program aligns with the County Board Strategic Plan adopted in September 2023, including the Strategic Goal: Adaptive Infrastructure.
• The 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program is fiscally constrained based on the expected revenue over the five-year planning horizon.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in order to provide for a comprehensive and coordinated system of transportation improvements and maintenance, it is necessary to undertake a multi-year approach to the planning of said improvements and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 605 ILCS 5/5-301, the County Engineers of the State of Illinois are required to annually prepare an updated five-year Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, said Transportation Improvement Program is a planning document and is therefore intended as a guide for future improvement and maintenance and is subject to modification; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2014, the Lake County Board adopted the Year 2040 Transportation Plan as its long-range transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the Lake County 2040 Transportation Plan is accomplished, in part, through the adoption and implementation of the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineer and Division of Transportation staff have prepared the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineer presented the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program to the Public Works and Transportation Committee on May 28, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program aligns with the Lake County Board Strategic Plan adopted in September 2023, including Strategic Goal: Adaptive Infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, hereby adopts the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program as the official transportation program for the Lake County Division of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall cause to be published a final draft of the 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program to comply with statutory requirements of 605 ILCS 5/5-301 and for making available to the public on the Lake County Division of Transportation’s website and other appropriate mediums; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation through the office of the County Engineer.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on July 8, 2025.