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SB3183 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3183

 

Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Pat McGuire

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/4-220

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, in and within one mile of an urban area, the Department of Transportation shall establish and solely fund bicycle and pedestrian ways in conjunction with the construction, reconstruction, or other change of any State transportation facility. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5Section 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 pavement

 

 

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1resurfacing projects when local support is evident or bicycling
2and walking accommodations can be added within the overall
3scope 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 apply
8to construction projects.
9(Source: P.A. 95-665, eff. 10-10-07.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.