(605 ILCS 5/6-326.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-326.1)
Sec. 6-326.1.
Existing township and district roads may be temporarily
closed and reconstructed by the filing with the highway commissioner of the
district involved and with the County Superintendent of Highways of a
petition signed by all of the owners of the property contiguous to both
sides of that portion of the roadway to be temporarily closed and
reconstructed by the petitioners. A copy of this petition shall be
published in at least one newspaper published in the township or district
or, in the absence of such published newspaper, in at least one newspaper
of general circulation in the township or district or, in the absence of
such generally circulated newspaper, by posting copies of the petition in 5
of the most public places in the district in the vicinity of the road to be
temporarily closed and reconstructed. The Road Commissioner shall provide
for publication or posting at least 10 days prior to any decision on the
matter. If the commissioner is of the
opinion that the temporary closing of the road is in the public and
economic interest and that the temporary closing will not materially
interfere with the flow of traffic on the township and county road system
then, upon the approval of plans for the reconstruction of the road by the
District Commissioner and the County Superintendent of Highways and the
depositing with the commissioner of a contract and corporate surety bond
approved by the Highway Commissioner and the County Superintendent of
Highways properly guaranteeing the replacement of the road in as good or
better condition as existed prior to the closing, the commissioner may
temporarily close the road for a period not to exceed 3 years.
(Source: P.A. 79-510.)
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