Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), to use federal highway funds for construction and construction engineering for improvements of Hart Road at United States (US) Route 14 and appropriating $3,710,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersection of Hart Road at US Route 14 will be reconstructed and widened.
• The improvement will provide additional lanes at the intersection, include multi-use path and sidewalk facilities, add new traffic signals, and add new railroad signals and gates.
• The County has been allocated federal funds for this improvement, which are administered by IDOT.
• 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 if additional funding is available.
• The total construction cost, including construction engineering, is estimated to be $9,120,000.
• This improvement is included in the Highway Improvement Program, with construction planned to begin in late 2019 or early 2020, and designated as Section 09-00174-05-CH.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hart Road, County Highway 53, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic at Hart Road at US Route 14 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 traveling public if Hart Road at US Route 14 could be improved by widening and reconstruction, inclusive of non-motorized improvements, and designated as Section 09-00174-05-CH; and
WHEREAS, construction engineering is required to utilize federal highway funds for this improvement; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for construction and construction engineering for improvements of Hart Road at US Route 14, setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency, a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are directed to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, pertaining to the financing of the above-named improvement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk, and grant plan and specification approval to IDOT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is appropriated $3,710,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 09-00174-05-CH.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, when executed in their final form, be submitted to IDOT for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 9, 2019.