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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: February 16, 2023
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of real estate contracts to purchase properties and appropriating REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds required for the Indian Trail Road Reconstruction and High Street Intersection Project in the amount of $224,700.00.
PURPOSE:
To authorize the purchase of right-of-way for the Indian Trail Road Reconstruction and High Street Intersection Project and to appropriate REBUILD Illinois Bond funds as required by the Illinois Highway Code for Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Section 06-00260-02-PV.
BACKGROUND:
A Phase 1 Study was previously completed on Indian Trail from Mitchell Road to Farnsworth Avenue. The City has already constructed the section of Indian Trail from east of Church Road to Farnsworth Avenue ten years ago with federal funds. This project would complete the section not constructed from east of Mitchell Road to Church Road.
The project has secured federal funds ranging in percentages from 75% to 100%. The funding sources include Surface Transportation Program - Local (STU), Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), and Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) Funds. The HSIP funds are for the improvement of the Indian Trail at High Street intersection and other funds for the rest of the corridor. A total of $6,481,446.00 in federal funds has been secured for the Construction and Construction Engineering on this project.
The project involves improving the Indian Trail corridor by widening four lanes to five lanes to bring conformity to the corridor. Work will include completing traffic signal plans for the intersection of Indian Trail & High Street (currently stop controlled) and traffic signal modernization plans for the intersection of Indian Trail & Church Road. The intersections will be provided with ADA compliant ramps and Detectable Warnings. The improvements will also ...
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