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DeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation Study

DeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation Study. November 16, 2011. Move Illinois Program Overview. Move Illinois will improve mobility, relieve congestion, reduce pollution and link economies across Northern Illinois $12 billion, 15-year program $8.32 billion to maintain existing system

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DeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation Study

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  1. DeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation Study November 16, 2011

  2. Move Illinois Program Overview Move Illinois will improve mobility, relieve congestion, reduce pollution and link economies across Northern Illinois • $12 billion, 15-year program • $8.32 billion to maintain existing system • $3.83 billion for new projects to improve mobility • Key goals and benefits • Save drivers time and money • Drive the economic engine • Build a 21st century transportation system • Job #1 – Take care of the existing system • Be the “cleanest and greenest” program in history

  3. Build a 21st Century Transportation System TAKE CARE OF EXISTING SYSTEM NEEDS JANE ADDAMS MEMORIAL TOLLWAY(I-90) ELGIN O’HARE WEST BYPASS I-294/I-57 INTERCHANGE ILLINOIS ROUTE 53 NORTH EXTENSION ILLIANA EXPRESSWAY

  4. Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Building a 21st century corridor • 62 miles of roadway improvements from Kennedy Expressway to I-39 • Save as much as $400 million moving up construction • Accommodate transit options – possibly express bus and rail • $2 billion budgeted for I-90 projects includes $240 million for transit

  5. Interchange Cost-Sharing Policy • Policy provides fair, consistent and streamlined approach to coordinating local transportation improvements • Builds broad-based support • Local governments take the lead to conduct feasibility, economic development, traffic studies and local funding plan • Tollway maximum contribution: 50 percent

  6. “Cleanest and Greenest” The Illinois Tollway is committed to minimizing the environmental impact of new roadway construction by reducing, recycling and reusing materials, as well as adopting research initiatives and best management practices to reduce energy use and costs. • Accommodating transit • Waste reduction and recycling • Renewable energy and energy conservation • Investing in technology • Intelligent transportation systems • Natural environment and resource protection

  7. Moving Forward • Commitment to start work in 2012 • Starting Professional Services contracts • Putting construction contracts out to bid • Working with project advisory councils • Community outreach • Sharing information on the Illinois Tollway’s website

  8. THANK YOU

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