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Joint resolution appropriating $400,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the construction improvement of Washington Street from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road designated as Section 05-00121-07-WR.
Staff Summary
· Washington Street, Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road, Construction 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, an appropriation and condemnation authority is necessary.
· The appropriation is $400,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Washington Street, County Highway 45, 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 Washington Street from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road could be improved by reconstruction; 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 $400,000.
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 of Washington Street from Cedar Lake Road to Hainesville Road together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under the direction of Martin G. Buehler, County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, copies of which are filed in the office of the Lake County...
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