Lake County, IL
File #: 10-0692    Version: 1 Name: Pulaski Drive Bridge Underdeck Repair: Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2010 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/10/2010
Title: Joint resolution appropriating $110,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for underdeck repairs and the placing permanent underdeck shielding in some areas of the Pulaski Drive Bridge over US Rte. 41 and designated as Section 08-00196-08-BR.
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Joint resolution appropriating $110,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for underdeck repairs and the placing permanent underdeck shielding in some areas of the Pulaski Drive Bridge over US Rte. 41 and designated as Section 08-00196-08-BR.

Staff Summary
· Pulaski Drive Bridge Underdeck Repair: Appropriation.
· A recent bridge inspection by County engineers showed numerous areas of cracks and spalls on the underside of the bridge.
· The deck itself is in good structural condition.
· Bloom Companies, LLC was hired to determine the extent of delaminated areas on the underside of the bridge, make recommendations on repairs, and provide a cost estimate for the repairs
· Certain repairs were recommended this year including the placement of permanent underdeck shielding in some areas
· The necessary design work is nearing completion.
· The work will be contracted for in due course on an expedited basis.
· This resolution appropriates $110,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the 2010 work and is designated as Section 08-00196-08-BR.

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R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Pulaski Drive (County Highway 13) is a designated route on the county highway system; and

WHEREAS, inspections by Lake County engineering staff identified areas of cracks and spalls on the underside of the Pulaski Drive bridge over US Rte 41; and

WHEREAS, Bloom Companies, LLC was hired to determine the extent of delaminated areas on the underside of the of the Pulaski Drive bridge over US Rte. 41 and make recommendations on repairs and provide a cost estimate for the repairs ; and

WHEREAS, inspections and estimates of costs for this repair are nearing completion by Bloom Companies, LLC; and

WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the underside concrete deck of the bridge carrying Pulaski Drive over US Rte. 41 could be expeditiously repaired including the placing of permanent underdeck shielding in some areas; and

WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is...

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