About Lake County's Five Year Program
The Lake County Board-designated county highway system is a 295-mile system of major collector arterial highways and more than 54 miles of bike facilities (separate bike trails, on-road bike paths and paved bike roadway lanes) in Lake County, operated by the Lake County Division of Transportation. These highways are marked by pentagonal blue and gold Lake County route markers and the bike paths by the route identification sign incorporating the Lake County logo. Daily travel on the system is more than 3.7 million vehicle miles on 848 lane miles.
What projects are new to this 5-year Program?
System Preservation Projects – keep county highway pavements, bridges, bikeways, signals and related items in good condition
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Bridge Painting |
Steel bridge cleaning and painting |
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Buffalo Grove Rd |
Concrete pavement reconstruction |
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Culvert Replacement (Pt.B) |
Replace or repair 14 culverts |
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Deerfield Rd at I-94 Tollway |
Deck resurfacing, replace expansion joints |
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Microsurfacing 2012 |
Pilot program for new LCDOT pavement preservation initiative |
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Wilson Road Drainage Improvement (2) |
New storm sewer, drain tiles |
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Yearly maintenance |
Patching, crack sealing, signal maint., bike paths, trees, guardrail, NPDES, basin management, etc. |
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Pavements - Resurfacing, 3R or Reconstruction |
2016 invest $10.1 million for 23.7 miles (19 locations) |
System Modernization Projects – reduce delays and increase safety by accommodating short-term traffic growth and the needs of non-motorists
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CARS System Upgrade 2011 |
Program upgrade |
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Deerfield Rd Bike Path IL Rte 21/45 to Des Plaines Trail |
Bike Path along south side connecting existing paths |
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Gilmer Rd at IL 120 |
Realignment, traffic signal work |
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Hainesville Rd at Shorewood |
Traffic signal installation |
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ITS - Waukegan/Grand Ave |
Upgrade signal interconnect |
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Non-motorized travel gap improvements |
Yearly allocation from study results |
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Snow Route Analysis & Design |
Apply and optimize computer modeling |
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Yearly road enhancements |
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ITS network - 2016 |
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County share of IDOT widening and/or channelization projects at the following locations: |
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>21st St at IL 131 |
>Hainesville Rd at IL 120 |
>Old McHenry Rd at IL 22 |
>Sand Lake Rd at IL 132 |
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>Bonner Rd at US 12/IL 59 |
>Kelsey Rd at US 14 |
>Petite Lake Rd at IL 59 |
>Sunset Ave at IL 131 |
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>Fairfield Rd at IL 132 |
>Lake Ave at IL 173 |
>Petite Lake Rd at IL 83 |
>Washington St at IL 83 |
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>Granada Blvd at IL 132 |
>Midlothian Rd Ext at IL 137 |
>Rollins Rd at IL 83 |
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System Expansion Projects – provide highway capacity to meet long-term traffic growth needs and provide for economic development
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CMAP Assessment 2016 |
Annual assessment - local agency CMAP support |
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Fairfield Rd at IL 134 |
Intersection improvement |
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Fairfield Rd at IL 176 |
Intersection and bike path improvement |
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Fairfield Rd north of IL 120 |
Connecting segment of bike path |
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I-94 Tollway - Russell Rd bridge to north of IL/WI state line |
County share of IDOT / WisDOT project |
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Peterson Rd at Alleghany / IL 83 |
Divided highway |
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Rollins Rd at IL 83 |
Railroad underpass |
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Washington St - CN railroad Haryan to Lake St |
Railroad underpass |
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Washington St - Hainesville Rd to Haryan Way |
Add lanes |
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Funding the Program |
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Capital Programming
The 5 Year Program is the scheduling component of the county’s Long Range Transportation Plan. A highway project, particularly an add-lanes project, does take several years of study and engineering to properly address roadway design, drainage, environmental, municipal and public coordination issues. The implementation of the 5-Year Program is a continual process, like an assembly line. Many of the projects in this program are in varying stages of readiness carried over from previous programs. New projects need to “get on the assembly line”. This is the fourth year of programming of projects with the new Collar County Transportation Empowerment Funds in place as guided by the June 8, 2008 county board-endorsed “Plan for Using the New Collar County Transportation Empowerment Funds”. |
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Funding Priorities
Lake County tries to preserve the existing highway system and modernize its operation before allocating capital resources for expansion. Some projects are designed to address traffic flow problems associated with peak travel times (about 20% of the daily traffic), while others provide benefits to all daily highway users. Projects which are already under construction and for which funds will be paid out during the current fiscal year are also included.
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Fund Sources
The program is fiscally constrained by the revenue expected to be available. Lake County uses funds from five tax sources to accomplish highway projects: County Highway Tax, County Bridge Tax, Matching Tax, Motor Fuel Tax and 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety. In addition, some project costs are shared by federal, state and local goverments, townships and developers. |
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