(605 ILCS 5/5-106) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-106)
Sec. 5-106.
The county board may, by resolution approved by the Department,
designate a route on existing streets in a municipality as a municipal
extension of a county highway or may designate a route for a municipal
extension of a county highway on a new location in a municipality. Such
designation shall be made so as to form a continuous route for a county
highway through the municipality or so as to end a route for a county
highway at a point within the municipality, as the case may be, as will
best serve traffic needs.
Routes designated as municipal extensions of a county highway as
provided in this Section shall not, by virtue of such designation, become a
part of the county highway system. However, for the purposes of preparing
plans and specifications, acquisition of right-of-way, the performance of
all things necessary to the commencement of a construction or improvement
project on a part or all of such a route by the county and the use of
county highway or motor fuel tax funds therefor, such route shall be
treated and considered as though it were then a part of the county highway
system.
Upon the commencement by the county of a construction or improvement
project on a part or all of a route so designated as such a municipal
extension, the part so to be constructed or improved shall thereupon become
a part of the county highway system.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
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