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Joint resolution appropriating $180,000 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 construction improvement of the Miller Road Bridge, 0.3 miles east of Illinois Route 59, and designated as Section 08-00118-09-BR.
Staff Summary
· Miller Road Bridge, 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 $180,000 of Matching Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Miller Road, County Highway 2, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Miller Road, 0.3 miles east of Illinois Route 59, could be elevated by the placement of a dry-land bridge with 3-spans to alleviate road flooding; 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 $180,000.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board:
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 Miller Road, 0.3 miles east of Illinois Route 59, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under direction of Paula J. Trigg, 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 hi...
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