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RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE REALLOCATION OF PRAIRIE PARKWAY
FUNDS TO THE NORTHERN ROUTE 47 CORRIDOR
WHEREAS , the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, hereinafter called the
CITY, has supported the proposed Prairie Parkway, including the passage of Resolution 2006-
123 on December 26, 2006 and Resolution 2002- 1 on February 5 , 2002 ; and
WHEREAS , the funds of the federal earmark for the Prairie Parkway were very
restrictive in their original purpose, resulting in the stretch of Route 47 between I- 80 and Caton
Farm Road being the only segment of Route 47 that met federal earmark designations, and was
subsequently funded to prevent loss of the earmarked funds; and
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WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration has since removed a record of j
decision on the Prairie Parkway, resulting in more flexibility with the Prairie Parkway earmarked
funds ; and
WHEREAS, approximately $ 51 million in unallocated funds remain in the Prairie
Parkway earmark; and
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WHEREAS , the cost of expanding Route 47 between I- 80 and Caton Farm Road (south
of Yorkville) is estimated at $ 99 million, and the cost of expanding Route 47 between Kennedy
Road (north of Yorkville) is estimated at $ 77 million; and
WHEREAS, the remaining unallocated funds are far less than the cost of the expanding
and reconstructing Route 47 from Kennedy Road to Cross Street; and
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WHEREAS , the stretch of Route 47 from Kennedy Road in Yorkville to Cross Street in
Sugar Grove contains average daily traffic counts between 75 % and 291 % higher than the
average daily traffic counts for the sections of Route 47 between I- 80 and Caton Farm Road; and
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WHEREAS, IDOT ' s own policies state the average daily traffic capacity of a two-lane
highway, similar to Route 47, should be between 8 , 500 and 12 ,500 vehicles for safe and efficient
operations ; and
WHEREAS , all of the sections of Route 47 between Kennedy Road in Yorkville and
Cross Street in Sugar Grove have an average daily traffic count exceeding the upper end of that
safe usage standard, and none of the sections of Route 47 between I- 80 and Caton Farm Road
have an average daily traffic count that exceeds the lower end of that safe usage standard ; and
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WHEREAS , the section of Route 47 between Kennedy Road in Yorkville and Cross
Street in Sugar Grove had 300 reported crashes between 2007 and 2011 , and the section of Route
47 between I- 80 and Caton Farm Road had 97 crashes between 2007 and 2011 ;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, that the allocated funds for the expansion and
reconstruction of Route 47 from I- 80 to Caton Farm Road should be reallocated to the expansion
and reconstruction of Route 47 between Kennedy Road in Yorkville and Cross Street in Sugar
Grove.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
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CARLO COLOSIMO KEN KOCH
JACKIE MILSCHEWSKI _ LARRY KOT
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MARTY MUNNS CHRIS FUNKHOUSER
ROSE ANN SPEARS DIANE TEELING
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Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this f
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