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Joint resolution appropriating $1,185,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from 14th Street to Belvidere Street, and designated as Section 16-00082-08-RS.
Staff Summary
• Lewis Avenue Resurfacing,14th Street to Belvidere Street: Appropriation.
• Lewis Avenue, from 14th Street to Belvidere Street, is in need of resurfacing.
• This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system, and is included in the 2016 highway improvement program.
• Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $1,185,000 of Motor Fuel 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; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Lewis Avenue, from 14th Street to Belvidere Street, could be resurfaced; and
WHEREAS, this project will consist of milling and patching prior to resurfacing, and applying new permanent pavement markings; and
WHEREAS, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for this improvement have been completed, and this improvement is now ready to proceed to contract letting; and
WHEREAS, before a construction letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is needed.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,185,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from 14th Street to Belvidere Street, and designated as Section 16-00082-08-RS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this award be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 13, 2016.