Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Transportation, for the use of federal highway funds for construction of improvements along Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road, and appropriating $22,000,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• Deerfield Road will be improved, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road, inclusive of reconstructing the roadway, adding a center turn lane, intersection improvements at Saunders, Portwine, and United States Route 45/Illinois Route 21, new non-motorized facilities, traffic signal interconnects, drainage improvements, and bridge rehabilitation.
• Lake County has been allocated federal funds for this improvement, which are administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
• This agreement provides that the Illinois Department of Transportation will pay up to 80 percent of the construction cost.
• The total construction cost is estimated to be $46,000,000.
• This improvement is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, with construction anticipated to begin in 2026, and designated as Section 15-00038-07-WR.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Deerfield Road, County Highway 11, is a designated route 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 Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road, could be improved inclusive of reconstructing the roadway, adding a center turn lane, intersection improvements at Saunders, Portwine, and United States Route 45/Illinois Route 21, new non-motorized facilities, traffic signal interconnects, drainage improvements, and bridge rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for construction of improvements along Deerfield Road, from Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to Saunders Road, setting forth the terms and obligations for 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 amendments, 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 $22,000,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for construction and other related costs and designated as Section 15-00038-07-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 June 9, 2026.