File #: 24-3760    Version: 1 Name: Proposed Resolution for Class II Truck Resolution
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/14/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/25/2024 Final action:
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CLASS II TRUCK ROUTE WHEREAS, the State of Illinois by its General Assembly has enacted the Illinois Vehicle Code; and WHEREAS, 625 ILCS 5/1-126.1 provides that local authorities may designate Class II Truck Route highways within their jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Moving South Cook plan emphasizes the accommodation of truck movements needed to support commercial activity while balancing concerns about truck traffic by County residents; and WHEREAS, Cook County is desirous of designating truck routes under their jurisdiction in order to provide clarity to truckers about which routes they are expected to take; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby designate the following portion of roadways as listed as Class II Truck Routes: Route/ Beginning Ending Length (mi) Street Name Termini Termini 115th St Ridgeland Av IL 50 2.0 123rd St Kostner Av Pulaski Rd 0.5 138th St Ashland Av Cottage Grov...
Indexes: JENNIFER (SIS) KILLEN, Superintendent, Department of Transportation and Highways
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CLASS II TRUCK ROUTE

 

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois by its General Assembly has enacted the Illinois Vehicle Code; and

 

WHEREAS, 625 ILCS 5/1-126.1 provides that local authorities may designate Class II Truck Route highways within their jurisdiction; and

 

WHEREAS, the Moving South Cook plan emphasizes the accommodation of truck movements needed to support commercial activity while balancing concerns about truck traffic by County residents; and

 

WHEREAS, Cook County is desirous of designating truck routes under their jurisdiction in order to provide clarity to truckers about which routes they are expected to take;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby designate the following portion of roadways as listed as Class II Truck Routes:

 

Route/                     Beginning                     Ending                     Length (mi)

Street Name                     Termini                     Termini

115th St                     Ridgeland Av                     IL 50                     2.0

123rd St                     Kostner Av                     Pulaski Rd                     0.5

138th St                     Ashland Av                     Cottage Grove Av                     3.25

167th St                     IL 50                     Dixie Hwy                     3.7

Center Av                     US 6                     171st St                     1.5

Cottage Grove Av                     Glenwood Dyer Rd                     Sauk Trail                     3.6

Joe Orr Rd                     State St                     Torrence Av                     3.1

Sauk Trail                     East End Av                     IL 394                     2.9

State St                     Joe Orr Rd                     Sauk Trail                     2.6

Pulaski Rd                     127th St                     131st St                     0.5

; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that County of Cook in accordance with 625 ILCS 5/15-116 which requires local public agencies to provide the Department of Transportation with reference contact names and telephone numbers provides contact information as follows:

 

Jennifer “Sis” Killen, P.E., PTOE, Superintendent,                     (312) 603-1656

Tara Orbon, P.E., Assistant Superintendent,                     (312) 603-1745

Jesse Elam, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy,                     (312) 603-1652; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby directed to transmit three (3) certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Department of Transportation along with a location map indicating the roadways being classified.

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