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Joint resolution appropriating $600,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the improvements of Rollins Road, from Grand Avenue to Washington Avenue.
Staff Summary
* Rollins Road, from Grand Avenue to Washington Avenue, needs to be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements.
* Preliminary engineering plans and right-of-way plats identifying the right-of-way needs for the improvement have been prepared.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with target construction in 2029 and designated as Section 22-00116-09-WR.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Rollins Road, from Grand Avenue to Washington Avenue, could be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has caused to be prepared preliminary plans and right-of-way plats identifying right-of-way needs for the improvement; and
WHEREAS, property values and associated right-of-way costs have been estimated; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois:
SECTION 1: It is hereby determined that it is necessary, and desirable, that Lake County acquire title to, and possession of, all of the real property within the proposed new right-of-way lines, and any reasonable modifications to the right-of-way lines along Rollins Road, from Grand Avenue to Washington Avenue, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, and any reasonable modifications to the proposed easements, for the improvement of said highways, all as outlined in plats of highways made under the direction...
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