HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 51-09 - 9/22/2009 - ALTERNATIVE 203/ELGIN OHARE WEST BYPASSRESOLUTION NO. 51-09
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING "ALTERNATIVE 203" AS THE LOCALLY
PREFERRED SELECTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELGIN O'HARE -
WEST BYPASS WITH CORRESPONDING NORTH AND SOUTH CONNECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) studied multiple options
to facilitate the movement of traffic through the heavily congested area west of O'Hare Airport;
and,
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village is home to 3,800 businesses employing over 100,000
people within the area under study by IDOT; and,
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village holds a significant investment in terms of businesses,
jobs, property tax base, sales tax base, roadways, water mains, sewer infrastructure, and public
safety activities within the study area; and,
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village has actively participated and is fully involved in
meetings with IDOT and transportation consultants concerning alternatives to facilitate the flow
of traffic; .
WHEREAS, the regional community provided over 40,000 comments to the Illinois
Department of Transportation supporting Alternative 203, with Option D for the northern
connection, as the locally preferred alternative at the Illinois Department of Transportation's
public meeting that took place in March of 2009; and
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village has determined that one alternative is strongly preferred
locally and that preference is to be conveyed to the State of Illinois Department of Transportation
and United States Department of Transportation;
NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1: Locally Preferred Alternative: That Elk Grove Village hereby designates
the "ALTERNATIVE 203" PROPOSAL as its locally preferred alternative which extends the
Elgin -O'Hare Expressway from I-290 east to O'Hare Airport, and places the planned north
connection of the West Bypass on the 300 -foot corridor east of Elmhurst Road on existing
O'Hare Airport property. This plan is preferred as it provides the following benefits:
• Preserves the existing Elmhurst Road corridor;
• Provides the most economic benefits to the community and the region;
• Preserves Elk Grove businesses and associated jobs;
• Maintains the existing tax base that benefits Schools, Parks, and Library;
• Provides for the long desired full interchange at Elmhurst Road and I-90;
• Provides access along Thorndale Avenue that focuses traffic to major arterials and
protects our secondary roads;
• Was long -planned as the appropriate location for an expressway; and,
• Significantly improves the flow of vehicular traffic in the region.
Section 2: Reiect Elmhurst Road Widening — Alternative 402: That Elk Grove
Village hereby rejects the plan that places the planned north connection of the West Bypass on a
widened Elmhurst Road corridor in Elk Grove Village for the following reasons:
• It will potentially eliminate numerous existing businesses, negatively impact dozens
of other businesses, and eliminate or reduce hundreds of permanent jobs for the
region;
• It has negative impacts on existing local roads, water mains, sanitary sewers, and
storm sewers; and
• It has negative, costly, and far-reaching impacts to the economic development of our
region by dumping a significant amount of expressway traffic directly onto local
arterial roads.
Section 3: That Alternative 203 Outperforms Alternative 402, by the following:
• Providing a greater percentage increase in regional travel efficiency, travel time
savings, transit trips/usage, and network speeds on principal arterials;
• Providing a greater percentage decrease in congested vehicle miles of travel (VMT)
on secondary roadways;
• Providing a greater total value — 203 will provide $4.8 billion in construction value
once completed, compared to its total construction cost of $3 billion;
• Creating more jobs — 203 will create 9,200 construction related jobs annually and
21,600 indirect jobs annually;
Section 4: Additional Item to be considered by the Illinois Department of
Transportation:
The Elgin O'Hare and complete north and south connections of the Western Bypass
Expressway proposal is a comprehensive solution to the region's transportation needs
as demonstrated by the unprecedented multiagency support for the plan. Financing
strategies for the implementation of the program must be developed for the plan in its
entirety including accommodations for future transit improvements. A staged
approach to the program would not yield the identified regional transportation
benefits and would negatively impact the system operation;
• Financing programs must maximize State and County resources eliminate the local
match as to not place undue burdens upon municipal agencies for this regional
transportation enhancement;
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• The construction of the Elgin O'Hare expressway and north and south connections of
the West Bypass must be completed in their entirety no later than December 31, 2015.
Section 5: That this Resolution is to be delivered to IDOT at its October 8, 2009 public
meeting to determine the Locally Preferred Alternative.
Section 6: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 22°d day of September 2009.
APPROVED this 22nd day of September 2009.
ATTEST:
Ann I. Walsh, Village Clerk
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APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village