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Joint resolution appropriating $150,000 of the 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the improvement of Wadsworth Road at Dilley's Road, and designated as Section 17-00999-47-EG.
Staff Summary
* Wadsworth Road at Dilley's Road will be improved with the construction of a roundabout.
* Preliminary plans and specifications for this improvement have been prepared.
* This improvement is included in the Highway Improvement Program with targeted construction in 2019.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17 and Dilley's Road, County Highway 15, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Wadsworth Road at Dilley's Road could be improved by widening and reconstructing the intersection; 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 $150,000.
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 Wadsworth Road at Dilley's Road, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under the direction of Shane Schneider, 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 highways.
SECTION 2: That the Lake County Division of...
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