1. Who Do I contact if there is a
problem with my Road?
2. Who
is my Road Commissioner?
3. What is the procedure for getting
a new entrance to my property?
4. If I
already have a driveway, but I want to make it bigger, do I still have to pay
the fee?
5. Culverts and
extensions ----
Who installs them and what are the procedures .
6. Culverts
and Bands -- Where do I purchase them?
7. FEES:
---- Who do I make check out to for the fees?
8. How long after I turn in my forms and
pay the fees will I get my 911 sign
9. My mailbox
was knocked down during a snowstorm. How do I get it fixed?
10. Posted
Roads -- What does that mean?
11. Posted Roads
-- If I don't see a posting sign -- Does that mean the road is not posted?
12. Posted Roads
-- Is there a time when I can get permission to haul on a posted road?
13. Posted
Roads -- What are the posted road weight limits?
14. How can my
organization join the Adopt-A-Highway program?
15. I accidentally drove
in the Fresh Traffic Paint
-- How do I remove the paint from my vehicle?
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Who
do I contact if there is a problem with my road?
Public agencies have
responsibility for roads on which they have jurisdictional authority.
If you live on a state road,
contact IDOT at 1-815-284-2271. If you live on a township road, you should
contact your township road commissioner. If you live on a county road, you may
contact the Lee County Highway Department at 1-815-857-4141.
If it is an Emergency, and none of the appropriate agencies can be reached,
contact the Lee County Sheriff Department at 1-815-284-6631.
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If you know which township
you live in, you can look up your road commissioner on our Township
Commissioner page.
If you do not know which
township you live in, you can check on your real estate tax bill or contact the
Lee County Hwy Dept.
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What
is the procedure for getting a new entrance to my property?
Different agencies have
jurisdiction over different roads. If you live on a state road, contact IDOT at
1-815-284-2271.
If you live on a County road
or a Township road you may obtain an entrance permit request form located on
our Forms and
Doing Business Page.
Either mail, fax or deliver the completed form back to Lee County
Highway Department.
If your entrance request is
on a township road, we will forward the request to the appropriate township
commissioner.
If your entrance request is
on a Lee County Highway Department road,
Note: If
the minimum criteria for sight distance,
or drainage requirements are not met,
a driveway access permit will not be issued.
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If I already have a driveway,
but I want to make it bigger, do I still pay the fee?
Yes, by resolution all
driveway access form requests require a processing fee.
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Who
installs my driveway culvert of driveway culvert extension and what are the
procedures?
If Lee County Highway Department
approves the driveway access request, you will be given a culvert installation
design drawing showing you the proper installation details.
You may determine that you
want to install the culvert yourself or that you want to hire a contractor to
install the driveway.
After your driveway is
installed the Lee County Highway Department will inspect your site to see if
the installation was completed according to the design plan.
If everything was installed
or completed according to the design plan you will be in compliance with the
access form procedure.
If the installation wasn’t
completed according to the design plan, you will be notified stating what part
of installation was not completed correctly and you can either:
(1) Correct the problem yourself within a reasonable
amount of time
(2) Instruct your contractor to correct the problem within
a reasonable amount of time
(3) Instruct the Lee County Highway Department to send
their personnel to your site to correct the problem and bill you for all the
costs incurred to rectify the problem
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Do
I purchase them?
You may purchase them from
Lee County Highway Department.
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Who do I make the check out to
for the fees?
Make all checks payable to Lee
County Highway Department
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When
can I expect my 911 sign to be installed after I submit my forms and I pay my
fees?
This depends on the work load
the department is experiencing at the time.
We generally estimate at least a month is needed to fabricate and install
the sign. This time frame can be
extended, if, for example, frozen ground in the winter prevents the proper
installation of a sign post.
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My mailbox was knocked down
during a snowstorm. How do I get it
fixed?
Occasionally during
snowplowing, wet or heavy snow coming off the plow may push mailboxes over.
Agencies plow snow only on
the roads in their jurisdiction.
If you live on a state road,
contact IDOT at 1-815-284-2271.
If you live on a township
road, you should contact your township
road commissioner.
If you live on a county road,
you may contact the Lee County Highway Dept. and personnel will inspect the
reported mailbox after the roads have been cleared of snow and ice. At this time we generally install a temporary
mail box until conditions allow us to install a permanent mailbox consisting of
a 4x4 post and metal box.
NOTE: If it is determined that your Mailbox
Post was rotten, we will install a temporary box and you will be required to
place a permanent mailbox
when conditions allow.
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Posted Roads – What does that
mean?
Generally speaking, every
winter with the cold temperatures the aggregate under the road becomes frozen,
when warmer spring time temperatures arrive, thawing occurs, which in turn
makes roads soft and spongy and unable to carry the heavier “Gross axle” loads
that the traveling public is accustomed to during the year.
It is the intent of the Lee
County Highway Department to protect the roads under their jurisdiction from
severe damage that heavier “Gross axle” loads can do to the roads at that
critical time during the spring thawing, therefore we install a spring “Posting”
weight limit restriction sign that substantially lowers the allowable Gross weight per axle
(total vehicle weight), from traveling our roadways.
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If
I don’t see a posting sign does that mean that road is not posted?
On all Lee County Highway
Department jurisdictional roads, all roads that are being posted will have the
spring weight “Posting” sign
attached to the existing weight limit sign, which is usually located at each
end of the road,
or it will be attached just below the stop sign at each
intersection of the posted road.
To view which Lee County
Highway Department jurisdictional roads that are not posted check our LIST
OF NON-posted roads.
If the
road you have question on is not on the above list – it is posted.
On Township Roads, check with
your Township
Commissioner to see if a certain road is posted.
State designated Highways do
not get posted.
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Is
there a time that I can get permission to haul on a posted road?
Generally speaking, the answer to that question is no.
Almost all loads are defined
as divisible loads, meaning, you can remove a portion of the load to make it
lighter, thus rules and regulations state that no permits may be issued to
anyone that has a divisible load.
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What
are the Weight Limits on a
2 axles – single rear tire ---------------------------- 8,000 lbs. - gross
vehicle weight
2 axles – dual rear tires
----------------------------18,000 lbs. - gross vehicle weight
2 axles – farm wagons and
fertilizer buggies --- 9,000 lbs. - gross vehicle weight
3 or more axles – dual rear
tires -----------------33,000 lbs. – gross vehicle weight
Floaters
Front axle with 1 tire --------------- 9,000 lbs.
Axle with 2 tires ---------------------18,000 lbs.
Total gross vehicle weight is
not to exceed 33,000 lbs.
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How can my organization join
the Adopt-A-Highway program?
If you want to adopt a county
road or a township road, contact the Lee County Hwy. Dept.
at
1-815-857-4141.
If you want to adopt a state
road, contact IDOT at 1-815-284-2271.
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I accidentally drove in fresh Traffic Paint – How do I remove
the Paint from my vehicle?
As soon as possible after
getting paint from road stripes on your vehicle – wash the vehicle at
a pressure car wash.
This will loosen and remove
most of the paint unless it has dried for more than a day.
If the pressure car wash does
not remove the traffic paint, allow th
water to dry off the vehicle.
Then spray the paint residue
with WD-40 and allow the WD-40 to stay on the area for 1 – 3 hours
and rewash the Vehicle with a pressure car washer.
The WD-40 will soften the
traffic paint without hurting the vehicle finish.
If there is a heavy
concentration, repeat the above procedure.
For heavy accumulations or
traffic paint that has dried for several days, apply a liberal coating of
Vaseline petroleum jelly to
the dried traffic paint and allow the Vaseline to stay
on the area overnight.
The next day - take the
vehicle to a pressure car wash and wash it.
This should remove most of
the traffic paint.
If not – repeat the above
procedure.
NOTE: --- Do Not Scrub the finish with a solvent or
scouring cleanser!!!
This
will damage the vehicle finish.
After cleaning the paint away
– apply a good wax to the vehicle’s finish.
Wax should remove any lasting
signs of the traffic paint.