Public Act 102-0660
 
HB0270 EnrolledLRB102 04020 HEP 14036 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
changing Section 4-220 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/4-220)
    Sec. 4-220. Bicycle and pedestrian ways.
    (a) Bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be given full 
consideration in the planning and development of 
transportation facilities, including the incorporation of such 
ways into State plans and programs.
    (b) In or within one mile of a municipality with a 
population of over 1,000 people, and subject to the 
Department's option in subsection (e), the Department shall 
establish and solely fund an urban area, bicycle and 
pedestrian ways shall be established in conjunction with the 
construction, reconstruction, or other change of any State 
transportation facility except:
        (1) in pavement resurfacing projects that do not widen 
    the existing traveled way or do not provide stabilized 
    shoulders; or
        (2) where approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
    based upon documented safety issues, excessive cost, or 
    absence of need; or .
        (3) where the municipality passes a resolution stating 
    that a bicycle or pedestrian way does not fit within its 
    development plan. 
    (c) Bicycle and pedestrian ways may be included in 
pavement resurfacing projects when local support is evident or 
the bicycling and walking accommodations can be added within 
the overall scope of the original roadwork.
    (d) The Department shall establish design and construction 
standards for bicycle and pedestrian ways.
Beginning July 1, 
2007, this Section shall apply to planning and training 
purposes only. Beginning July 1, 2008, this Section shall 
apply to construction projects.

    (e) If programmed funds identified in Section 2705-615 of 
the Department of Transportation Law are not expended for 5 
years, the Department has the option to use those funds to pay 
the cost of bicycle and pedestrian ways in roadway projects 
affected by this Section. 

(Source: P.A. 95-665, eff. 10-10-07.)