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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the utilization of federal highway funds for the modernization and interconnection of the traffic signals along Cedar Lake Road, from Rollins Road to South Rosedale Court, including connection to Lake County PASSAGE and Phase III construction engineering services, appropriating $130,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds, and designated as Section 12-00999-17-TL.
Staff Summary
* Cedar Lake Road, from Rollins Road to South Rosedale Court, Traffic Signal Interconnect: IDOT Agreement and Appropriation.
* The traffic signals along Cedar Lake Road, from Rollins Road to South Rosedale Court, will be modernized and connected to Lake County PASSAGE.
* Lake County has received federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding, administered through IDOT, for 80 percent of the cost of this improvement, including construction engineering.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with the State of Illinois for the utilization of these federal highway funds.
* This resolution appropriates $130,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the County's costs.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Cedar Lake Road, County Highway 28, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County PASSAGE is a cooperative initiative of IDOT and Lake County to implement the federal initiative for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the State of Illinois believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if traffic signals situated along Cedar Lake Road, from Rollins Road to South Rosedale Court, could be modernized and interconnected with Lake County PASSAGE; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an...
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