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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Department of Transportation and Highways
Grantee: Cook County
Grantor: Illinois Department of Transportation
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: The Department of Transportation and Highways is the recipient of $800,000.00 in Transportation Alternatives Program - Local (TAP-L) for the preliminary and environmental (Phase I) study to extend the Des Plaines River Trail between the CTA Forest Park Blue Line station and the Salt Creek Trail near 26th Street in the Village of North Riverside. The scope of the project includes identifying connections to the Illinois Prairie Path and the Salt Creek Trail, and the improvements will extend through the Villages of Forest Park, Maywood, North Riverside, as well as unincorporated Proviso Township.
Grant Amount: $800,000.00
Grant Period: 10/1/2026 - 9/30/2028
Fiscal Impact: FY26 $0.00; FY27 $400,000.00; FY28 $400,000.00
Accounts: No cash match required. 11900.1500.54870.521536 (Grant Fund).
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed grant award acceptance. This project will utilize a TAP-L grant award of $800,000.00 for the Central Des Plaines River Trail project with the balance funded by Motor Fuel Tax.
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