Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for $236,700 of Truck Access Route Program (TARP) funds for the Peterson Road improvement, from Illinois Route 83 to US Route 45, and designated as Section 07-00098-17-WR.
Staff Summary
· Peterson Road, from Illinois Route 83 to US Route 45: IDOT Agreement.
· Peterson Road, from Illinois Route 83 to US Route 45, is to be improved by widening and reconstruction.
· IDOT has awarded $236,700 of TARP funds to offset cost of upgrading this highway to accommodate 80,000 pound trucks.
· This resolution authorizes an agreement with IDOT for use of those funds for this improvement.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Peterson Road, County Highway 20, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic along Peterson Road is beneficial to the safety and welfare to the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Peterson Road, from Illinois Route 83 to US Route 45, could be improved; and
WHEREAS, said improved roadway will be utilized by trucks with load limits of 80,000 pounds as a designated Class II Truck Route; and
WHEREAS, IDOT has awarded $236,700 of TARP funds to offset cost of upgrading this highway to accommodate 80,000 pound trucks; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement for the above proposed improvement, setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer be authorized, and are hereby directed to execute an agreement on behalf of Lake County, pertaining to the financing of the above named improvement, a draft copy of which is attached hereto, and such authorization shall include any necessary subsequent amendments, as required by IDOT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement and any amendments, as required by IDOT, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this agreement, when executed in its final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2013.