Title/Name/Summary
I-80 and Wolf Road Interchange - Concept Study (Study Report Presentation by V3)
History
The Village of Orland Park is interested in determining the feasibility of adding a new freeway interchange at I-80 and Wolf Road intersection. The land north of I-80 is in the Village of Orland Park’s jurisdiction and the land south of I-80 is within the Village of Mokena’s jurisdiction. With LaGrange Road being the only north-south major arterial connecting the Village to I-80, additional roadway capacity is needed to meet future travel demands. The Village of Orland Park’s 2040 Transportation Plan states, “opening a Wolf Road/I-80 interchange is recommended as it would provide an alternate for north-south travel as well as reduce east-west travel demand west of LaGrange Road”. Additionally, a new interchange would provide development opportunities along the I-80 corridor within the Villages of Orland Park and Mokena. This interchange improvement is classified as a high priority project in the Village of Orland Park’s plan but it is understood that it will be a long-term project moving forward.
The Village of Orland Park retained V3 Companies (V3) for professional engineering services to prepare a concept feasibility study for the I-80 and Wolf Road Interchange. V3 completed and submitted a study report to the Village on October 30, 2018. This study provides the following interchange options and related planning level estimated construction costs:
· Six (6) options for I-80 and Wolf Road interchange
· Two (2) options for I-80 and Townline Road interchange
· One (1) partial interchange at Wolf Road (north access) and one partial interchange at Townline Road (south access)
· Estimated construction costs for all of the options above
It should be noted that this concept feasibility study does not follow the formal Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Access Justification Report (AJR) process and will most likely not be formally reviewed by IDOT ...
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