20 ILCS 2705/2705-200
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH|20 ILCS 2705/ - Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Transportation Law)|Article 2705 - Department Of Transportation

 (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.16)Sec. 2705-200. Master plan; reporting requirements.(a) The Department has the power to develop and maintain a continuing,  comprehensive, and integrated planning process that shall develop and  periodically revise a statewide master plan for transportation to guide program  development and to foster efficient and economical transportation services in  ground, air, water, and  all other modes of transportation throughout the State.  The Department  shall coordinate its transportation planning activities with those of other  State agencies and authorities and shall supervise and review any  transportation planning performed by other Executive agencies under the  direction of the Governor.  The Department shall cooperate and participate  with federal, regional, interstate, State, and local agencies, in accordance  with Sections 5-301 and 7-301 of the Illinois Highway Code, and with  interested private individuals and organizations in the coordination of  plans and policies for development of the state's transportation system.To meet the provisions of this Section, the Department shall publish and  deliver to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2012 and every 5   years thereafter, its master plan for highway, waterway, aeronautic, mass  transportation, and railroad systems.  The plan shall identify priority  subsystems or components of each system that are critical to the economic and  general welfare of this State regardless of public jurisdictional  responsibility or private ownership.The master plan shall include a comprehensive and multimodal freight mobility plan which shall analyze commodity flows, assess the freight transportation network, and identify significant freight system trends, needs, and economic opportunities.  It shall recommend improvements in the operation and management of the freight system, projects that will eliminate inefficiencies in the State's freight network, methods of funding needed for freight system improvements, and policies to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of goods within and through the State and to ensure the State's economic vitality.  The freight mobility plan shall incorporate and maintain compatibility with any federally required rail plan affecting this State.The master plan shall provide particular emphasis and detail of at least the 5-year    period in the immediate future.Annual and 5-year, or longer, project programs for each State system in this Section  shall be published and furnished the General Assembly on the first Wednesday  in April of each year.Identified needs included in the project programs shall be listed and  mapped in a distinctive fashion to clearly identify the priority status  of the projects: (1) projects to be committed for execution; (2) tentative  projects that are dependent upon funding or other constraints; and (3) needed  projects that are not programmed due to lack of funding or other constraints.All projects shall be related to the priority systems of the master plan,  and the priority criteria identified.  Cost and estimated completion dates  shall be included for work required to complete a useable segment or component  beyond the  period of the program.(b) The Department shall publish and deliver to the Governor and General  Assembly on the first Wednesday in April of each year a 5-year, or longer, Highway  Improvement Program reporting  the number of fiscal years each project has been on previous  plans submitted by the Department.(c) The Department shall publish and deliver to the Governor and the General  Assembly by November 1 of each year a For the Record report that shall include  the following:(1) All the projects accomplished in the previous     fiscal year listed by each Illinois Department of Transportation District.(2) The award cost and the beginning dates of each     listed project. (Source: P.A. 97-32, eff. 6-28-11.)