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Joint resolution appropriating $1,425,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $1,605,000 of Matching Tax funds, and $90,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street, and designated as Section 14-00999-05-RS.
Staff Summary
* Lewis Avenue Resurfacing: Appropriation.
* Lewis Avenue, from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, and from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street (a municipal extension of a County highway) is in need of resurfacing.
* This project will include the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street.
* The City of Waukegan will have jurisdiction and future maintenance responsibilities for the municipal sidewalk.
* This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County's pavement management system, and is included in the 2015 program.
* Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $1,425,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $1,605,000 of Matching Tax funds and $90,000 of County Bridge Tax funds is necessary.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, is a designated route on the County highway system, from Sunset Avenue to York House Road; and
WHEREAS, Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, is a Municipal Extension of a County Highway on the County highway system from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street and Sunset Avenue to York House Road, could be resurfaced; and
WHEREAS, this project will include the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the constructi...
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