Lake County Illinois - File #: 11-1157

• File #: 11-1157
• Version: 1
• Name: IDOT Improvement of US Route 45 at Millburn Road/Grass Lake Road Intersection: Funding Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/27/2011
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 11/8/2011
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the State of Illinois and Lake County for funding the IDOT realignment and widening of US Route 45 from two to four lanes at the Millburn Road/Grass Lake Road intersection in the vicinity of the Millburn Historic District and appropriating $34,000,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and designated as Section 05-00262-02-RP.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2011	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
11/2/2011	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass
11/2/2011	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	postponed	Fail
11/2/2011	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the State of Illinois and Lake County for funding the IDOT realignment and widening of US Route 45 from two to four lanes at the Millburn Road/Grass Lake Road intersection in the vicinity of the Millburn Historic District and appropriating $34,000,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds and designated as Section 05-00262-02-RP.

Staff Summary
· IDOT Improvement of US Route 45 at Millburn Road/Grass Lake Road Intersection: Funding Agreement and Appropriation.
· In 2005 and 2006 transportation summits were held with elected officials in Lake County at which the realignment and widening of US Route 45 at the Millburn Road and Grass Lake Road intersections was identified as a high priority project for congestion relief.
· In 2005 the project received a $2,080,000 federal funding allocation from congress.
· The County Board on June 10, 2008, adopted a planning document, the “Plan for Use of the Collar County Transportation Empowerment Funds”, that included funding for all phases of this improvement.
· In 2008, Lake County funded and began work with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on the federal Phase I preliminary engineering study for this improvement.
· The federal Phase I study is now nearing completion, and IDOT is moving forward with the preferred west bypass alternative for US Route 45 along with the realignment of Grass Lake Road and Millburn Road.
· The State of Illinois, by and through its Illinois Department of Transportation, is desirous of implementing this improvement as the lead agency.
· This agreement provides for Lake County’s financial participation toward the engineering, right of way acquisition, construction and construction engineering of this improvement in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000, appropriated from the ¼ % Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety fund.

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