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US Rt. 45 By-pass of Milburn: IDOT Letter of Intent
Staff summary
• US Rt. 45 By-pass of Milburn: IDOT Letter of Intent
• The county-funded and county-lead Phase I study for this proposed by-pass was authorized by the County Board at its meeting of November 18, 2008.
• This Phase I study is considering a by-pass of 1.5 miles.
• FHWA is requiring the expansion of the Environmental Assessment (EA) portion of the Phase I study to consider a corridor of 5.5 miles: extending from IL Rte. 132 to IL Rte. 173 to comply with NEPA logical termini criteria.
• The EA study is one part of a Phase I engineering study.
• This expanded limit is to ensure compliance with Federal Project Development Procedures and therefore making the by-pass project or the eventual entire project eligible for federal funding.
• Lake County is agreeable to expanding the EA portion of the by-pass Phase I study to these new limits with IDOT funding any additional work required.
• Committee approval is requested to send a LOI (draft attached) to IDOT to formulize IDOT’s funding commitment for any necessary additional work.