Legislation Details

File #: 26-0987    Version: 1 Name: River Road and Roberts Road Roundabout Modernization Phase II Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Joint Committee
File created: 8/13/2026 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with GFT Infrastructure, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, to provide Phase II professional engineering services for improvements at River Road and Roberts Road at a maximum cost of $286,478 and appropriating $345,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Attachments: 1. 26-0987 Agreement, 2. 26-0987 Vendor Disclosure, 3. 26-0987 Location Map
Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with GFT Infrastructure, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, to provide Phase II professional engineering services for improvements at River Road and Roberts Road at a maximum cost of $286,478 and appropriating $345,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.

Staff Summary
* These services include designing intersection improvements at River Road and Roberts Road.
* Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.
* The Lake County Division of Transportation's (LCDOT) Consultant Selection Process has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the firm selected for this project was selected in accordance with this approved process.
* The selected firm has a satisfactory past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 24-00086-11-RD.

Body
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, River Road, County Highway 4, and Roberts Road, County Highway 35, are designated routes 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 at River Road and Roberts Road could be improved; and

WHEREAS, Phase II professional engineering services are required for these improvements; and

WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these services; and

WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.; and

WHEREAS, GFT Infrastructure, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, are consultant engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase II professional engineering services; and

WHEREAS, Lake...

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