Title
Joint resolution appropriating $100,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the reconstruction of the intersection of Deep Lake Road at Depot Street.
Staff Summary
* Deep Lake Road at Depot Street will be improved with a roundabout and non-motorized improvements.
* Preliminary engineering plans and right-of-way plats identifying the right-of-way needs for the improvement have been prepared, and property values and associated right-of-way costs have been estimated.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction scheduled to begin in 2025 and designated as Section 19-00132-05-CH.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Deep Lake Road, County Highway 36, 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 the intersection of Deep Lake Road and Depot Street would be reconstructed, inclusive of a roundabout and 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 Deep Lake Road and Depot Street, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, and any reasonable modifications to the proposed easements, for the improvement of said highway improvements, ...
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