Division 3. Planning and Programming

    (605 ILCS 5/7-301) (from Ch. 121, par. 7-301)
    Sec. 7-301.
    In order to properly plan the utilization of motor fuel tax funds each municipality of over 5,000 population shall be required to develop and update a 20 year long-range highway transportation plan. The plan shall contain an estimate of revenues which will become available during that period and a statement of intention with respect to the construction, maintenance, and other related work to be done insofar as it is possible to make such estimates. In addition, the long-range plan shall show the location of existing municipal streets and the general corridors of future highways, the projected future traffic usage on each street for a 20 year period, a tabulation showing the design standards and the geometric features associated with different levels of traffic usage, and a listing of the major improvements anticipated within 5 years of the date of each plan. A copy of the plan shall be filed with the County Superintendent of Highways in the county or counties in which the municipality is located and with the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. The initial plan shall be on file with the designated agencies by July 1, 1971 and shall be updated on an annual basis thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 77-173.)