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Joint resolution appropriating $5,236,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and $225,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road, at Illinois Route 132, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 0.95 miles, and designated as Section 14-00095-17-CH.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Hunt Club Road, at Illinois Route 132, will be widened and resurfaced.
• The improvement will include the installation of auxiliary turn lanes, pedestrian accommodations, concrete bus shelter pads, sidewalk improvements, and decorative landscaping within medians.
• This intersection improvement is included in the County’s Highway Improvement Program, with work planned to begin in 2019 pending final land acquisition.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hunt Club Road, County Highway 29, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, to ensure the free flow of traffic and the safety and welfare of the motoring public, Lake County is desirous of improving Hunt Club Road, at Illinois Route 132, by widening and resurfacing; and
WHEREAS, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for this improvement have been completed; and
WHEREAS, this project will proceed to a letting and construction is planned to begin in 2019 pending final land acquisition; and
WHEREAS, before a construction letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is needed; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $5,236,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and $225,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the intersection improvements along Hunt Club Road, at Illinois Route 132, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 0.95 miles, and designated as Section 14-00095-17-CH.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation 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 May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 12, 2019.