Expanding the System
Oft en our larg-
est and most
complex projects,
State, Tollway, County, Township and Municipal roadways all combine
to make up the roadway travel network in Lake County. The capacity
improvements needed to accommodate the growth in traffi c in Lake
expansion projects are meant County have not kept pace for many years resulting in a large back-
to add capacity to our transpor- log of congested roadways. Lake County recognizes the need to in-
tation system. In LCDOT’s 5-year
plan is the funding for the long-
awaited Millburn Bypass in north-central Lake County that will
vest in projects that will add capacity to the road network and reduce
travel delays. Highway investment also has a substantial impact on
the local economy—creating good paying jobs and providing for the
realign two off set T-intersections and US Highway 45. This is an
Illinois Department of
Transportation project
that LCDOT is funding.
effi cient movement of goods and people—making an area attractive
to desirable economic development. System Expansion projects are
normally given third priority.
These larger and more
complex projects can The majority of the projects in the System Preservation and Modern-
be completed because ization categories of the program are improvements that are neces-
of the funding that the sary to maintain and operate the existing county highway system.
¼% sales tax provides.
Starting in 2008, the addition of the ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation
Lake County invests
100% of the ¼% sales
tax back into transpor-
allowed the county to greatly increase its allocation to the Expansion
category and to use bond fi nancing for larger capacity improve-
tation. Without this ments. Lake County continues with this FY2018-2023 Highway
extra $30 million per Improvement Program to aggressively program projects that will add
year, we would essen- future capacity and improve travel conditions on the county highway
tially be in a mainte- system.
nance mode.
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• 2018 - 2023 Proposed Highway Improvement Program