Lake County, IL
File #: 22-0819    Version: 1 Name: Adoption of the 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/26/2022 In control: Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/12/2022
Title: Joint resolution adopting the 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program.
Attachments: 1. 22-0819 Proposed Program Presentation, 2. 22-0819 Map of Preservation Projects, 3. 22-0819 Map of Modernization Projects, 4. 22-0819 Map of Non-Motorized Projects, 5. 22-0819 Map of Expansion Projects, 6. 22-0819 Funding Report Summary TIP, 7. 22-0819 Funding Report Detailed TIP

Title

Joint resolution adopting the 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program.

 

Staff Summary

•                     Illinois Road and Bridge Laws (605 ILCS 5/5-301) require 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 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program and the County Engineer presented the program to the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee on June 8, 2022.

•                     The 2022-2027 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 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program; and

 

WHEREAS, the County Engineer and Division of Transportation’s staff have prepared the 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program; and

 

WHEREAS, the County Engineer presented the 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program to the Public Works, Planning and Transportation Committee on June 8, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, the 2022-2027 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 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program as the official transportation program for the Lake County Division of Transportation; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall cause to be published a final draft of the 2022-2027 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; and

 

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 July 12, 2022.