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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), to use federal highway funds for construction and construction engineering for improvements of Wadsworth Road at Lewis Avenue, and appropriating $768,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Wadsworth Road at Lewis Avenue will be improved by adding turn lanes, modifying the traffic signal and adding pedestrian accommodations, including a connection to the regional Robert McClory Bike Path.
• Lake County has been allocated federal funds for this improvement, which are administered by IDOT.
• This agreement provides that IDOT will pay up to 80 percent of the construction cost, and the County will be eligible to receive up to 80 percent reimbursement for the construction engineering cost if additional funding is available.
• The total construction cost is estimated to be $3,200,000.
• This improvement is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, with target construction in 2024, and designated as Section 13-00055-06-WR.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17, and Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Wadsworth Road at Lewis Avenue could be improved by adding turn lanes, modifying the traffic signal, and adding non-motorized improvements, including a connection to the Robert McClory Bike Path, and designated as Section 13-00055-06-WR; and
WHEREAS, construction engineering is required to utilize federal highway funds for this improvement; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for construction and construction engineering for improvements of Wadsworth Road at Lewis Avenue, setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency, a draft copy of which is attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and are hereby directed to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, with the Illinois Department of Transportation pertaining to the financing of the above-named improvement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments required by the Illinois Department of Transportation, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk, and grant plan and specification approval to the Illinois Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated $768,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 13-00055-06-WR; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this agreement, and any amendments required by the Illinois Department of Transportation, when executed in their final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on December 12, 2023.