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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 4-220 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-220)
7    Sec. 4-220. Bicycle and pedestrian ways.
8    (a) Bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be given full 
9consideration in the planning and development of 
10transportation facilities, including the incorporation of such 
11ways into State plans and programs.
12    (b) In or within one mile of a municipality with a 
13population of over 1,000 people, and subject to the 
14Department's option in subsection (e), the Department shall 
15establish and solely fund an urban area, bicycle and 
16pedestrian ways shall be established in conjunction with the 
17construction, reconstruction, or other change of any State 
18transportation facility except:
19        (1) in pavement resurfacing projects that do not widen 
20    the existing traveled way or do not provide stabilized 
21    shoulders; or
22        (2) where approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
23    based upon documented safety issues, excessive cost, or 
 
 
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1    absence of need; or .
2        (3) where the municipality passes a resolution stating 
3    that a bicycle or pedestrian way does not fit within its 
4    development plan. 
5    (c) Bicycle and pedestrian ways may be included in 
6pavement resurfacing projects when local support is evident or 
7the bicycling and walking accommodations can be added within 
8the overall scope of the original roadwork.
9    (d) The Department shall establish design and construction 
10standards for bicycle and pedestrian ways.
Beginning July 1, 
112007, this Section shall apply to planning and training 
12purposes only. Beginning July 1, 2008, this Section shall 
13apply to construction projects.

14    (e) If programmed funds identified in Section 2705-615 of 
15the Department of Transportation Law are not expended for 5 
16years, the Department has the option to use those funds to pay 
17the cost of bicycle and pedestrian ways in roadway projects 
18affected by this Section. 

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