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Joint resolution appropriating $1,500,000 of Matching Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the improvement of Peterson Road, west of Alleghany Road to west of Illinois Route 83, and designated as Section 10-00098-19-RP.
Staff Summary
* Peterson Road, west of Alleghany Road to west of Illinois Route 83, Improvement; Right-of-Way Acquisition: Appropriation with Condemnation Authority.
* Preliminary plans and specifications for this improvement have been prepared.
* Before right-of-way acquisitions can proceed, appropriation of funds and condemnation authority are necessary.
* This resolution appropriates $1,500,000 of Matching Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Peterson Road, County Highway 20, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Peterson Road, west of Alleghany Road to west of Illinois Route 83, could be improved by the addition of thru lanes, turn lanes, non-motorized facilities and new traffic signals; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has caused to be prepared preliminary plans and right-of-way plats, said plats identifying right-of-way needs; and
WHEREAS, the right-of-way and associated costs are estimated to be $1,500,000.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board:
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 of Peterson Road, west of Alleghany Road to west of Illinois Route 83, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under direction of Paula J. Trigg, County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, copies of which are fi...
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