Title
Joint resolution adopting the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program.
Staff Summary
• State law requires County Engineers of the State of Illinois to annually prepare an updated five-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
• The five-year TIP is a planning document that serves, in part, as the scheduling component of the Lake County 2040 Transportation Plan and is intended as a guide for future improvement and maintenance.
• The County Engineer and Division of Transportation’s staff have prepared the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program and the County Engineer presented the program to the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2021, and June 30, 2021.
• The Proposed 2021-2026 TIP aligns with the County Board Strategic Plan adopted in July 2019, including the Strategic Goal: Improve Infrastructure.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, in order to provide for a comprehensive and coordinated system of transportation improvements and maintenance, it is necessary to undertake a multi-year approach to the planning of said improvements and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 605 ILCS 5/5-301, the County Engineers of the State of Illinois are required to annually prepare an updated five-year Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, said Transportation Improvement Program is a planning document and is therefore intended as a guide for future improvement and maintenance and is subject to modification; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2014, the Lake County Board adopted the Year 2040 Transportation Plan as its long-range transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the Lake County 2040 Transportation Plan is accomplished, in part, through the adoption and implementation of the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineer and Division of Transportation’s staff have prepared the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the County Engineer presented the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program to the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2021 and June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program aligns with the Lake County Board Strategic Plan adopted in July 2019, including Strategic Goal: Improve Infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Lake County Board hereby adopts the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program as the official transportation program for the Lake County Division of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall cause to be published a final draft of the 2021-2026 Proposed Transportation Improvement Program to comply with statutory requirements of 605 ILCS 5/5-301 and for making available to the public on the Lake County Division of Transportation’s website and other appropriate mediums.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lake County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the district office of the Illinois Department of Transportation through the office of the County Engineer.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 10, 2021.