1989-11-20 - Resolution 1989-58 - CONCERNING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF IL RT 83 BTWN ARLINGTON HTS RD AND US RT 45 AND THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF OLD MCHENRY RD WITH FREMONT WAY AT IL RT 53RESoLUTION N0. 89- 58
A RESOLUTION CONCERNINC THE PROPOSED IMPROVEI{EM OT ILLINOIS ROUTE 83
BETI.IEEN ARIINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD AND U.S.ROUTE 45 AND THE PROPOSED
REAIIGNMENT OI'OLD MCHENRY ROAD WITH FRB{ONT I.'AY AT ILLINOIS ROUTE 53
WHXREAS, the reductton of trafftc congeatlon t6 esgenttal to the
tnproveoent and matntenance of the qualtty of ltfe tn euburban comun{ttes;
and,
WIiEREAS, it ts htghly dea{rab1e to tncorporare rhe planntng of
other tranaportatlon modes, such a6 btkeway factllttes tnto the procesa of
planning artertal street corrldors; and,
WHEREAS, the poteDtlally negattve lupacts of proposed atreet and
htghway tDprovements should be carefully studted so that plans to Etttgate
potenttally negatlve topacts can be developed and tnpleneated I
NoW, TITEREFORE, BE IT RESoLVED by the Vtllage Presldent and Board
of Trustees of the Vl1lage of Buffalo Grove, Cook and Lake Couottes,
Illlnoie, aa follows:
The tnproveoent of Ill{nots Route 83 fron Ar1{ngton l{elghts Road to
U.S. Route 45 ts supported.
The State of Illlnola is encouraged to tnplerlent the tmprovement of
Illtnot8 Route 83 as eoon as posslble.
Stnce congestton on Illtnols Route 83 ls currefltly very severe
at the tntersecttons wtth Arlington Hetghts Road and l111nots Route 53
and the congestton ts contrlbuttng to problel[s regulttng fron
notortsts cutttng through local streeta, the traffic slgnal and
pavement tmprovementa, trafflc stgnal coord{natlon and other
lnprovementa ln tht8 lmedtate atea should be tmplemented as
aoon a6 possible along wtth any other adjacent sectlons of Illlnots
Route 83 whtch can be oade bld ready lrtthout resulting ln any
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addtttonal delay. Improvementa ln thts area should not be de!.ayed
due to funding llottat{on8 or other factors whlch nay not allow the
proopt tnprovement of the fu1l length of llllnols Route 83 between
Arltngton ltetghts Road and U.S. Route 45.
Afl etght foot wlde btkeway on the south stde of Illtnols Route 53
and Illtnots Route 83 betrreen Arltngtoo Hetghts Road and freoont
Way and a btkeway croeetng rrtth pedestrtan signal actlvatlon on the
south 1eg of the Arltngton Helghts Road and Illtnole Route 83
tntersectton as denoted on the approved Phase I FAU Study for
Illtnols Route 83 (Arltngton HetShts Road to Lake-Cook Road) should
be provtded ae part of thts project.
The proposed realignnent of Old McHenry Road and fretront Way at
Illlnols Route 53 should Dot occur untll a conmltroent ts establtshed
to fund and tnplenent a subaequent throu8h novement reatrtctlon
nodtftcatlon tf the tnlttal realtgnment ts found by the Vtllage to be
stgntftcantly contrtbuttDg to problens related to trafftc cutttng
through adjacent restdent{.al areas.
The reallgnnent of 01d l.lcllenry Road and trrenont Way at Illtnots
Route 53 should be ll[pl.enented only after the tmprovement8 to the
sectlon of Illtnois Route 83 betireen, and includtng the tntersectton
lrtth Arllngton Iletghts Road and Aptakistc Road are completed,
lncludtng the lnttlatton of proper operatton of the trafftc slgnal
coordtnatlon ayatem. The tntent of thls aequence of con8tructton
ls to avotd etgntftcant addlttonal cut-through trafftc betng tnduced
by the conbtnatlon of the tnteraect{on reallgnnent and the extsttng
congestlon on Illtnots Route 83.
The llllno{s Department of Tranaportatlon ts urged to study notse
levels occurrtng along the proposed toprovemetrtg, pattlcularly tn
the exlst{n8 resldenttal area located on the south stde of Illtnols
Route 53 and Illtnols Route 83 betareen trremont Way and Arltngton
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NAYES:
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Hetghts Road. Alternatlve deslgns should be developed to rntnlnlze
nolse tn the area tncludtng the use of berms, landscaptng, notee
barrter wal1s and conblnati.ons of these and other notse barrier
technlques so a6 to nlntmlze nolse tn the adjacent resldentlal area
and to accompllsh an aesthettcally destrable final destgn.
Coordtnatlon and agreenent on a ftnal noise barrter destgn should
be accoopltshed Lnvolving the loca1 resldents and the Vl1lage.
5 - llarlenthal, Reid,Shifrin. Mathlas. O I Malley
0 - None
ABSENT:
PASSED:
APPROVED :
ATTEST :
I - Glover
November 20 ,1989
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APPROVED :
V1 e Presldent
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