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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 4-220 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-220)
7    Sec. 4-220. Bicycle and pedestrian ways.
8    (a) Bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be given full 
9consideration in the planning and development of 
10transportation facilities, including the incorporation of such 
11ways into State plans and programs.
12    (b) In or within one mile of an urban area, the Department 
13shall establish and solely fund bicycle and pedestrian ways 
14shall be established in conjunction with the construction, 
15reconstruction, or other change of any State transportation 
16facility except:
17        (1) in pavement resurfacing projects that do not widen 
18    the existing traveled way or do not provide stabilized 
19    shoulders; or
20        (2) where approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
21    based upon documented safety issues, excessive cost or 
22    absence of need.
23    (c) Bicycle and pedestrian ways may be included in 
 
 
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1pavement resurfacing projects when local support is evident or 
2bicycling and walking accommodations can be added within the 
3overall scope of the original roadwork.
4    (d) The Department shall establish design and construction 
5standards for bicycle and pedestrian ways.
Beginning July 1, 
62007, this Section shall apply to planning and training 
7purposes only. Beginning July 1, 2008, this Section shall 
8apply to construction projects.


9(Source: P.A. 95-665, eff. 10-10-07.)
 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.