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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the use of federal highway funds for the construction and Phase III construction engineering to reconstruct and improve 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, and appropriating $5,490,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 99-00260-01-WR.
Staff Summary
* 14th Street will be reconstructed and improved, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road.
* This improvement will include the reconstruction of the road to three lanes with a shared center turn lane, a new bike path and sidewalk, street lighting, drainage improvements, and installation of a roundabout at 14th Street and Dugdale which will replace the existing four-way stop.
* The County has been allocated federal funds to reconstruct and improve 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, and IDOT administers all federal highway funds.
* This agreement provides that IDOT will pay up to 80 percent of the construction cost, and the County will be eligible to receive up to 80 percent reimbursement for the construction engineering cost dependent upon the availability of federal funds.
* This improvement is included in the Highway Improvement Program with construction planned to begin in 2019.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, upon completion of construction and the jurisdictional transfer, 14th Street, County Highway 78, will be a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic at 14th Street is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, could be reconstructed and improved; and
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