(605 ILCS 5/3-104.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 3-104.1)
Sec. 3-104.1.
The Department in cooperation with the municipal corporate authorities
or county authorities is authorized to select and designate separate
networks of municipal streets to be known as the federal aid
urban system of streets and highways in urban
areas. The highways included in such networks shall be selected and
designated in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aid Road Act.
Any street or highway included in the federal aid
urban system may be constructed jointly at the expense
of the federal government and the State of Illinois, or jointly at the
expense of the federal government, a municipality or municipalities, or a
county or counties, or jointly at the expense of the federal government,
the State of Illinois, a municipality or municipalities or a county or
counties, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aid Road Act.
The authority having jurisdiction over a street or highway prior to its
improvement as a federal aid urban project
shall be responsible for maintenance, at its own expense. If at any time
the Department finds that a street or highway improved as a federal aid
project is not being properly maintained by such municipality or county,
the Department shall call such fact to the attention of the corporate
authorities or county authorities, and if within 90 days after receipt of
such notice the street or highway has not been put in a condition of proper
maintenance satisfactory to the Department and the Federal Highway
Administration, then the Department shall immediately proceed to have such
street or highway placed in proper condition of maintenance and charge the
costs thereof against the municipality's allotment or the county's
allotment of motor fuel tax funds.
(Source: P.A. 79-511.)
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