HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #3108RESOLUTION ~. 3108
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING TI-E FOUR-CANING aF F1<JUTE 24 FROM KINuSTON
MINES TO B~fWER, TI-E FOUR-LANI NG OF I~JUTE 9 FROM BANDER TU CANlTpV,
AND TF-E IJPGFiAD I NG OF I~JIJiE 116 FROM PEORIA TO FARM I NGTON.
VII-~S, the 38,000 residents of Fulton County currently have
no four-lane connecting roads leading into or out of the county,
including no four-lane connecting road to the largest nearby city,
Peoria; and,
W-ERAS, the lack of a four-lane connector and of better
roads, generally, have tended to isolate the residents of Fulton
County from more populous, nearby areas; and,
W-ERFAS, a total of 744 students registered at Western
Illinois University in Macomb during the spring semester, 1992,
commute daily or weekly from Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, and
Woodford Counties; and,
VYt-~AS, twenty-three percent of the employed Fulton County
residents in 1980 (the most recent census data available) commuted
daily to the Peoria Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA)
for work; and,
W-E~EAS, Fulton County lost approximately 4,000 jobs during
the 1980's and over $100 million in payroll. The current
unemployment rate is 11.2 percent; and,
VVFF~iFAS, a four-lane Route 24 would follow the route of an
existing two-lane highway; and,
W-ERFJ~S, four-laving Route 24 from Kingston Mines to Banner
(which is in Fulton County) is in the existing Five-Year Plan of
Illinois Department of Transportation District 4; and,
Vll-EREAS, four-laving Route 24 from Kingston Mines to Banner
would take, at most, small amounts of farmland out of production;
and,
W-EFIFAS, recent studies have shown that 6,900 cars and trucks
use Route 24 as the major east-west route through southern Fulton
County everyday; and,
W-EJ~E.AS, funds to perform all environmental assessments,
public hearings, and preliminary planning to four-lane Route 24
from Kingston Mines to Banner have already been appropriated, and
this work is scheduled to begin soon; and,
W-EF~FAS, the State of Illinois already owns much of the
right-of-way necessary to four-lane Route 24 from Kingston Mines
to Banner; and,
W-EFTS, recent studies show that 3,850 cars and trucks use
Route 9 as a major connector to the western part of the state;
and,
W-ERFAS, funds should be allocated to perform all
environmental assessments, public hearings, and preliminary
planning to four-lane Route 9 from Banner to Canton; and,
VY-EF~S, recent studies have shown that 6,200 to 8,500 cars
and trucks use Route 116 as a major east-west route through
northern Fulton County everyday; and,
VY-EFiF~S, Route 116 between Peoria and Farmington is known to
be a narrow, two-lane highway, with high agricultural tractor
usage and high berms directly adjacent to the roadway, and no room
at the shoulders for much of this route to leave the road to avoid
vehicular collisions; and,
Wf3~1S, environmental assessments
upgrade Route 116 between Peoria and
two-lane highway (3-R Standards) have
funds to complete the planning for this
appropriated, and the remainder of this p
soon; and,
and public hearings to
Farmington to a better
already been completed,
work have already been
tanning work should begin
VV-EREAS, IDOT preliminary planning for Route 16 appears to be
well done, except for the concept of making the current "Y"
intersection at Route 116 and Plank Road into a "T". Making a "T"
at this intersection will create a traffic bottleneck, slowing
down vehicular movement through the intersection instead of
facilitating it; and,
W-E~S, this Route 116 project is being advanced by IDOT
based on the assumption that Route 24 will be the first four-lane
connector completed from Peoria to Fulton County; and,
W-E~~S, although Route 116 has been assumed to be the
general route for planning on the long-discussed Chicago to Kansas
City Expressway, lack of state and federal funding and the
difficulty in obtaining Missouri state approval for a toll road
indicated that Route 24 could be four-laved much sooner than the
Chicago to Kansas City Expressway could be built.
NaIV, TI-EF2EFORE, BE I T RE90LVED BY TF-E C I TY OOINC I L aF TI-E
CITY ~ CANT'W, Fulton County, Illinois, as follows:
1. That the Canton City Council supports and endorses the
concept of four-laning Route 24 from Kingston Mines to Banner, the
four-laning of Route 9 from Banner to Canton, and the upgrading of
Route 116 from Peoria to Farmington.
2. That the Illinois Department of Transportation should
complete all planning phases for the four-laning of Route 24 and
the upgrading of Route 116.
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3. Funds should be appropriated by the State of Illinois
during the next three years for the four-laning of Route 24 from
Kingston Mines to Banner.
4. The Illinois Department of Transportation should then
complete the construction of a four-lane Route 24 from Kingston
Mines to Banner.
5. Funds should be appropriated by the State of Illinois for
environmental assessments, public hearings and preliminary plans
for the four-laning of Route 9 from Banner to Canton.
6. The Illinois Department of Transportation should then
conduct the environmental assessments, public hearings and begin
the preliminary planning for the four-laning of Route 9 from
Banner to Canton.
7. Funds should be appropriated by the State of Illinois to
complete the upgrading of Route 116 between Peoria and Farmington
to 3-R status.
8. The Illinois Department of Transportation should then
complete the construction to upgrade Route 116 to 3-R status,
while keeping the Route 116-Plank Road intersection in its current
"Y" configuration.
9. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon passage by the City Council of the City of
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois and approval by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois at
a regular meeting this 19th day of May, 1992, upon a roll call
vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Molleck, Coay, Sarff, Steck, Bohler, Meade, Barnett, P~tay.
NAYS: None.
ABSEM: None.
APPF~JVED
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Donald E. Edwards, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Nancy Whit s, City Clerk