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Joint resolution authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $600,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for flagging services related to the reconstruction and maintenance of the roadway crossing for the intersection improvement of Rollins Road, at Illinois Route 83, and the grade separation of the Wisconsin Central Ltd., Canadian National Railroad (WCL/CN RR), and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.
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* Rollins Road at Illinois Route 83: Wisconsin Central Ltd., Canadian National Railroad, Supplemental Appropriation.
* The intersection of Rollins Road, at Illinois Route 83, will be improved, along with construction of a grade separation of the WCL/CN RR, to provide increased traffic capacities (Rollins Road Gateway Improvement).
* Wisconsin Central Ltd., Homewood, Illinois, is the owner of the WCL/CN RR that crosses Rollins Road, at Illinois Route 83.
* In order to provide for the reconstruction and maintenance of the roadway crossing of Rollins Road at the WCL/CN RR, flagging services are required.
* This resolution authorizes a supplemental appropriation of $600,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the flagging services related to the reconstruction and maintenance of the roadway crossing for the intersection improvement of Rollins Road, at Illinois Route 83, and the grade separation of the WCL/CN RR, and designated as Section 08-00080-56-BR.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the WCL believe it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Rollins Road, at Illinois Route 83, could be improved along with construction of a grade separation of the WCL/CN RR to provide increased traffic capacities (Rollins Road Gateway Improvement); and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Central Ltd., Homewood, Illinois, is the owner of the WCL/CN RR ...
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