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Joint resolution amending the jurisdictional transfer limits of Deerfield Road, adding Deerfield Road to the County highway system, creating a municipal extension of County Highway 11/Deerfield Road, and clarifying the language required by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the jurisdictional transfer and municipal extension of Deerfield Road.
Staff Summary
* Deerfield Road: Jurisdictional Transfer and Municipal Extension of County Highway 11.
* This County Board, at its meeting of October 12, 2015, approved an agreement with the Village of Deerfield and a resolution for the jurisdictional transfer of Deerfield Road, from the Metra Milwaukee District North Line viaduct to the Village of Deerfield's east corporate limit in its entirety, from the Village of Deerfield to Lake County and to create a municipal extension of County Highway 11, from Wilmot Road to the east side of the Metra Milwaukee District North Line viaduct, to be effective upon completion of the improvement of Deerfield Road and approval by IDOT.
* In December of 2015, the Village of Deerfield commenced construction of the Deerfield Road improvement project.
* Construction of the Deerfield Road improvement project is nearing completion and staff has reached out to IDOT to file the appropriate paperwork for the jurisdictional transfer and municipal extension of Deerfield Road/County Highway 11.
* IDOT, after additional coordination, has requested a revision to the proposed jurisdictional transfer limits for Deerfield Road.
* The revised jurisdictional transfer limits of Deerfield Road are proposed to be from Robert York Avenue easterly to the eastern corporate limit of the Village of Deerfield.
* IDOT is also requesting clarification of the language in the County resolution for the jurisdictional transfer and the creation of the municipal extension of County Highway 11.
* IDOT approval is required for the jurisdictional transfer and municipal extension of Deerfield Road.
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