IL HJR0006

Creates the Illinois Route 53 Expansion Land Alternative Use Task Force to study alternative uses of expansion land, environmental impacts, and flooding effects in Lake County.

Task Force shall examine short and long-term economic impacts to the region and evaluate all funding options for alternative uses.

Task Force composition includes legislative leaders, state agency directors (Transportation, Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency), Lake County Board representative, mayors of Long Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Mundelein, and Grayslake, and representatives from sustainability, livability, environmental, tourism, and conservation organizations.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative support; Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Tollway must provide all requested information.

Task Force must meet at least four times and submit recommendations to the General Assembly and IDOT by December 31, 2022, after which the Task Force is dissolved.