Illinois SR 59: CASEY/ALMOND RD. LAKE COUNTY

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SR0059LRB104 11862 ECR 21952 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Lake County residents, units of government, and 

3community organizations have raised serious concerns to the 

4Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) over the past 

5decade regarding increased volume and speeds of traffic on 

6Casey and Almond Roads in central Lake County that pose 

7serious threats to public health and safety; and

8 WHEREAS, The current conditions on these roadways make it 

9increasingly unsafe for residents to access their properties, 

10for families with young children to let their children play 

11outside, for motorists to safely travel through and within 

12central Lake County, for bicyclists, pedestrians, and 

13equestrians to safely cross Casey Road at Lake County's 

14regional trail system's designated crossing on Casey Road, and 

15for wildlife to safely cross Casey Road; and

16 WHEREAS, Data from the Lake County Sheriff's Office 

17documents 28 vehicular crashes at the corner of Casey and 

18Almond Roads in the past 10 years, with people injured in at 

19least 10 of those crashes; and

20 WHEREAS, Data from the Lake County Sheriff's Office 

21documents 83 vehicular crashes at the corner of Almond Road 

22and IL Route 120 in the past 10 years, with people injured in 

SR0059- 2 -LRB104 11862 ECR 21952 r

1at least 11 of those crashes; and

2 WHEREAS, Lake County is home to more threatened and 

3endangered species than any other county in Illinois, 

4including several that reside within the multiple Illinois 

5Nature Preserves adjacent to these roadways, and additional 

6rare native wildlife, which have frequently been found dead 

7along these roadways from vehicle collisions; and

8 WHEREAS, An alarming level of ve