(55 ILCS 5/5-34001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-34001)
Sec. 5-34001.
Legislative determination.
It is
hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination
that there is excessive congestion on existing highways in large
metropolitan areas in counties having a population of more than 500,000
inhabitants, due to constant movement of large masses of passenger and
freight traffic to and from and within said metropolitan areas; that
existing highway facilities are inadequate to fulfill the requirements and
necessities of said traffic in said counties over 500,000 population; that
there is need in said counties of a special system of Expressway highways
of limited access, bridges, viaducts and other traffic facilities, through
and around cities, villages and incorporated towns, known as and
hereinafter called Expressways, designed to meet the requirements of
present and constantly increasing traffic and to join in with plans of the
Federal Government to establish a system of transcontinental roads designed
to meet the requirements of the national defense and the needs of a growing
peace time traffic of longer range; that the conditions herein described
are peculiar to counties having a population of over 500,000 inhabitants,
that existing governmental subdivisions and agencies do not have financial
means to provide such special systems of Expressway highways of limited
access, bridges, viaducts and other traffic facilities; that, therefore, in
order to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public
in the rapid and safe movement of mass highway passenger and freight
traffic by means of special systems of limited access, Expressway highways
with no left turns or cross traffic, special bridges, viaducts and other
traffic facilities and to expedite the completion of the construction
thereof it is necessary to provide funds to pay the costs of constructing
such a project or projects including the costs and expenses incurred in the
acquisition of and payment for real and personal property involved in the
construction of said limited access, Expressway highways, bridges and
viaducts and other highway facilities appurtenant thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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