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Joint resolution authorizing a contract with Berger Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $15,767,314.35 for improvements at the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Washington Street, which will be improved under the Illinois Highway Code for a total of 1.98 miles, and appropriating $18,925,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds and $1,200,000, as remains available, of Motor Fuel Tax funds made available through the REBUILD Illinois Transportation Bond Funds.
Staff Summary
* The intersection improvements will include dual left turn lanes and right turn lanes on all legs of the intersection, drainage improvements, new traffic signals, and non-motorized improvements, including filling a bike path gap on the east leg of Washington Street and extending a new bike path north along Hunt Club Road to Dada Drive.
* There was a public call for bids, and a total of three bids were received, ranging from $15,767,314.35 to $16,760,250.33, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Contractors, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $15,767,314.35.
* The appropriation will allow any remaining balance of REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds to be spent on this improvement.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction planned to begin in 2024 and designated as Section 17-00095-19-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road at Washington Street, and is designated as Section 17-00095-19-CH; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened April 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Contractors
Wauconda, Illinois
$15,767,314.35
Campanella and Sons, Inc.
Wadsworth, Illinois
$1...
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