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File #: 26-0333    Version: 1 Name: Improvement Resolution for Old Plank Road Trail Extension
Type: Improvement Resolution (Highway) Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/8/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/15/2026 Final action:
Title: PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS) Department: Transportation and Highways Project Type: Motor Fuel Tax Project Request: Approval of appropriation of Motor Fuel Tax Funds Project: Old Plank Road Trail Extension Location: Village of Ford Heights, Illinois, Village of Lynwood, Illinois, Village of Sauk Village, Illinois, City of Chicago Heights, Illinois Section: 24-OLDPR-00-BT County Board District(s): 5, 6 Centerline Mileage: 6.55 miles Fiscal Impact: $3,000,000.00 (FY26 = $750,000.00; FY27 = $1,000,000.00; FY28 = $1,000,000.00; FY29 = $250,000.00) Accounts: Motor Fuel Tax Fund: 11300.1500.29150.521536 Summary: The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed improvement resolution. The resolution is for the extension of the Old Plank Road Trail in the Villages of Ford Heights, Sauk Village, and Lynwood, and the City of Chicago Heights in Cook County. The resolution is appropriating funds...
Indexes: JENNIFER (SIS) KILLEN, Superintendent, Department of Transportation and Highways
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PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION (TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS)

 

Department: Transportation and Highways

 

Project Type:  Motor Fuel Tax Project 

 

Request:  Approval of appropriation of Motor Fuel Tax Funds 

 

Project:  Old Plank Road Trail Extension

 

Location:  Village of Ford Heights, Illinois, Village of Lynwood, Illinois, Village of Sauk Village, Illinois, City of Chicago Heights, Illinois

 

Section:  24-OLDPR-00-BT

 

County Board District(s):  5, 6

 

Centerline Mileage:  6.55 miles

 

Fiscal Impact:  $3,000,000.00 (FY26 = $750,000.00; FY27 = $1,000,000.00; FY28 = $1,000,000.00; FY29 = $250,000.00) 

 

Accounts:  Motor Fuel Tax Fund: 11300.1500.29150.521536

 

Summary:  The Department of Transportation and Highways respectfully requests approval of the proposed improvement resolution. The resolution is for the extension of the Old Plank Road Trail in the Villages of Ford Heights, Sauk Village, and Lynwood, and the City of Chicago Heights in Cook County. The resolution is appropriating funds for preliminary engineering, and an environmental (Phase I) study for improvements to the Old Plank Road Trail. 

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