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Joint resolution appropriating $35,000 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 proposed widening and resurfacing of the intersection of Fairfield Road and Gossell Road and designated as Section 01-00113-14-ES.
Staff Summary
· Fairfield Road at Gossell Road Intersection 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 of $35,000 in Matching Tax funds and condemnation authority is necessary.
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WHEREAS, Fairfield Road (County Highway 49) 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 the intersection of Fairfield Road and Gossell Road could be improved by widening and 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 $35,000.
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 Fairfield Road at its intersection with Gossell Road together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under direction of Martin G. Buehler, County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, copies of which are filed in the office of the Lake County Engineer, which said real property and easements are necessary, required, and needed for the improvement of said highway.
SECTION 2: That the...
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