File #: 24-4593    Version: 1 Name: Grant Award Acceptance for Old Plank Trail 24-OLDPR-00-BT (TAP-L)
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 8/14/2024 In control: Transportation Committee
On agenda: 9/19/2024 Final action: 10/24/2024
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: 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 $600,000.00 in TAP-L funds for the preliminary engineering and environmental (Phase I) study to extend the existing Old Plank Road Trail in the Village of Sauk Village in Cook County. The scope of the project includes adding a new bike trail between the existing eastern terminus of the Old Plank Road Trail (OPRT) at the Thorn Creek Trail in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and the Pennsy Greenway in Schererville, Indiana. Grant Amount: $600,000.00 Grant Period: 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2029 Fiscal Impact: $300,000.00 (FY 2025), $300,000.00 (FY 2026) Accounts: 11900.1500.54676.521636. No cash match required. Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if a...
Indexes: JENNIFER (SIS) KILLEN, Superintendent, Department of Transportation and Highways
Attachments: 1. 24-4593 Old Plank Rd Trail Resolution_BOARD

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  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 $600,000.00 in TAP-L funds for the preliminary engineering and environmental (Phase I) study to extend the existing Old Plank Road Trail in the Village of Sauk Village in Cook County. The scope of the project includes adding a new bike trail between the existing eastern terminus of the Old Plank Road Trail (OPRT) at the Thorn Creek Trail in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and the Pennsy Greenway in Schererville, Indiana.

 

Grant Amount:  $600,000.00 

 

Grant Period:  1/1/2025 - 12/31/2029

 

Fiscal Impact:  $300,000.00 (FY 2025), $300,000.00 (FY 2026)

 

Accounts: 11900.1500.54676.521636. No cash match required.

 

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. This project will utilize $600,000 in TAP-L funds in FY2025 and FY2026 for a Phase I study to extend Old Plank Trail with the balance funded by Motor Fuel Tax.

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