Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement for the use of federal highway funds between the State of Illinois and Lake County for the U.S. Route 45 Millburn Community Preservation Bypass Improvement Phase I Engineering Services, designated as Section No. 05-00262-02-RP
Staff Summary
· U.S. Route 45; IL Route 132 to IL Route 173 Millburn Bypass, Phase I: IDOT Agreement.
· The County has been allocated federal funds to improve this intersection and IDOT administers all federal highway funds.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of a agreement with IDOT to provide the County with an 80% reimbursement for the costs of Phase I engineering services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Millburn Road, County Highway 14, and Grass Lake Road, County Highway 18, are designated routes on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if US Route 45 could be relocated around the historic hamlet of Millburn to provide increased traffic capacities and if Grass Lake Road and Millburn Road, in said area, could be improved to accommodate said relocation, designated as the Millburn Community Preservation Bypass Improvement; and
WHEREAS, the County Board at its meeting of July 12, 1994 passed a resolution adding that portion of existing US Route 45 between Millburn Road and Grass Lake Road to the county highway system and designated as County Highway 14, with said addition contingent upon approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and as part of said relocation of US Route 45; and
WHEREAS, the County Board at its meeting of November 18, 2008 approved the county-funded and county-lead Phase I preliminary engineering study for this proposed by-pass and in a manner to be eligible for the use of federal highway funding; and
WHEREAS, during the course of the Phase I preliminary engineering study, IDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) required an expansion...
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