State of Illinois Illinois Department of Transportation District 1 – Urban Interstate Resurfacing Milling and resurfacing on Interstate 290 from Sacramento Boulevard to Interstate 90/94 in Chicago. District 2 – Rural 4 Lane Bridge Rehabilitation Miscellaneous repairs on the structure carrying Interstate 80 over the Mississippi River. District 6 – Rural 2 Lane Concrete pavement on County Highway 10 east of Elkhart. District 6 – Urban Streetscape Streetscape reconstruction that includes new concrete pavers, sidewalks, lighting, planting beds and traffic signals on Capitol Avenue between 5th Street and 7th Street in Springfield. District 8 – Urban Pedestrian Bridge Construction Construction of a 3-span pedestrian bridge, sidewalk, lighting, landscaping, sewer and retaining walls for the city of Alton over US 67 at Riverfront Park. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois, 0445-11, 01/11, 500 FY 2012-2017 Proposed Highway Improvement Program Spring 2011 Published by the Illinois Department of Transportation Springfield, Illinois 62764 Printed by authority of State of Illinois, April 2011, 275 copies. This document is printed on recycled paper. This document is available on-line at www.dot.il.gov/opp/publications.html. CONTENTS Page Program Development Process ................................... 1 Seeking Public Involvement – Outreach Meetings ....... 3 Executive Summary ..................................................... 5 Department of Transportation District Map ................. 21 Public Review and Comment Form ............................ 22 Guide to Listings ........................................................ 23 Glossary .................................................................... 24 Project Listing Index. .................................................. 25 IDOT HIGHWAY PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Program Objectives . Preserve and maintain the existing highway system of roads and bridges. Upgrade existing facilities for congestion mitigation and safety improvements. Expand the system to enhance economic development. Program Planning . Estimate revenues from federal and state sources. Deduct costs for administration, maintenance and operations, certain other state agency operations and bond debt service to determine available funds. Determine the annual amount as well as the multi-year period. Assess highway needs for preservation, increased capacity and expansion of the highway system. Assess physical condition of the highway system, including bridges, using technical data and processes. Identify crash locations and safety needs. Identify needed additional capacity improvements on existing roads and new major arterials to relieve congestion and enhance economic development. The pavement and structural condition ratings, the type and volume of traffic being served, the functional importance of the route, accident history, geometrics and public input are considered in developing proposed projects. Funding targets and technical guidelines are issued to the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) nine highway districts to develop, prioritize and submit projects for inclusion in the multi-year program (MYP). This guarantees statewide consistency in the overall level of service and ensures that each district is achieving the overall objectives of IDOT. Engineering, land acquisition, utility adjustments and construction are scheduled for each project as needed. The anticipated Fiscal Year for construction is dependent on the status of preconstruction activities and availability of resources. An annual element is identified that forms the basis of the proposed highway improvement program for the upcoming fiscal year. The program is reviewed and announced by the Governor. The published MYP is a highway improvement program developed by engineers using technical data. It is presented to the General Assembly and the public for review and discussion during the appropriation process. 1 SEEKING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT – HIGHWAY PROGRAM OUTREACH MEETINGS Effective transportation is vital to the Illinois economy. In an effort to ensure that the public is given opportunity to review and comment on the multiyear highway program, IDOT held a series of public outreach meetings throughout Illinois in the fall of 2010 concerning the development of the FY 2012-2017 Proposed Highway Improvement Program. A total of 20 meetings were held, and a combined 378 comments were received. The cities and dates of these meetings are noted in the table below. The overwhelming majority of the comments received at the outreach meetings involved specific individual projects. In many instances, those providing comments sought additional lanes or intersection improvements in order to decrease congestion or improve safety. In Districts 1 and 6 a few comments surfaced regarding the program development process itself, primarily focusing on the goals of the process as well as the goals of local planners. In District 8, all comments pertained to a single project, which most people who made comments desired (although there were a few comments in opposition). Similar to the comments, attendance at the outreach meetings varied from meeting to meeting – even within a highway district. For example, District 1 had a few meetings where over 20 people attended. At the same time, they had a few meetings where attendance was less than ten (at least one meeting with less than five). Those who did attend the meetings almost universally appreciated the opportunity to review the program and to talk with IDOT staff. IDOT staff expended an extensive amount of time and energy in preparation for these meetings. In summary, the meetings were a useful first step in obtaining input into the highway program development process. Additional groundwork needs to be performed in advance of the meetings to encourage the Department’s stakeholders to participate more fully in these meetings to provide input into the program development process. 2010 MYP Outreach Meetings Date City August 18 Rock Island September 1 Sycamore September 2 East Dubuque September 7 Kankakee September 13 Crystal Lake September 13 Rockford September 16 Grayslake September 20 Peoria September 21 Chicago September 21 Champaign September 22 South Holland September 23 Collinsville October 4 Effingham October 5 New Lenox October 5 Carterville October 6 St. Charles October 7 Decatur October 18 Lisle October 19 Quincy October 21 Springfield 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Illinois Department of Transportation’s FY 2012-2017 Proposed Highway Improvement Program totals $11.525 billion and includes an FY 2012 annual program of $2.952 billion. Funding for the 6-year program is made up of $7.185 billion in federal funds, $3.624 billion in state funds including $230 million in Transportation Series A bond re-appropriations from Governor Quinn’s Jump Start Capital Plan and $2.044 billion in Transportation Series D bonds for the Illinois Jobs Now! program, and $716 million in local funds. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided an additional $936 million of federal funds for Illinois highways. Illinois was in the national vanguard for implementing the projects made possible through the ARRA and obligated 100 percent of its allocated road and bridge funds before the March 1, 2010 deadline. Illinois was recently identified as one of only 30 states that had complied with all federal Maintenance of Effort requirements. This keeps IDOT eligible for potential additional federal highway funds as part of the 2011 Redistribution of Obligation Authority. The Jump Start Capital Plan was approved by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Quinn in April 2009. Public Act 096-0005 authorized $2 billion of Transportation Series A bonds. The Illinois Jobs Now! program was approved by the General Assembly in July 2009. Through Public Acts 096-0034, 096- 0036 and 096-0037, this comprehensive infrastructure program included an additional $3.05 billion of new Transportation Series D bonds for highway projects that address congestion needs in urban areas and provide for economic development opportunities statewide by expanding the state highway system. Of the total bond amount appropriated, approximately $1 billion of projects is planned for implementation in FY 2012 including engineering, other pre-construction activities and construction. Planned highway projects for Illinois Jobs Now! shown in the project lists are highlighted by shaded gray boxes and are footnoted. To continue the early success of the ARRA, Jump Start and Illinois Jobs Now! the General Assembly approved Governor Quinn’s proposal to advance almost $1.6 billion of ready projects into the 2010 construction season. The Accelerated Construction Program was a mixture of Jump Start, Illinois Jobs Now!, previously-identified regular highway program projects and newly-identified system condition needs. The additional funding was made available in 2010 and contributed to the largest highway construction season in Illinois history. All of the remaining Transportation Series A bonds were appropriated for the Accelerated Construction Program. Federal transportation legislation titled Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into law in August 2005 and expired at the end of September 2009. The federal legislation authorized an increase in Illinois’ share of highway funds by more than $300 million on an average annual basis. Of this amount, over 60 percent was for special