Hoffman Estates committee OKs $2.7 million in MFT street work, creates Active Transportation advisory committee
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Summary
The Transportation and Road Improvement Committee on Jan. 12 approved a $2.7 million IDOT motor fuel tax appropriation for 2026 street revitalization, a $38,759 supplemental appropriation for 2024 work, an intergovernmental agreement with Schaumburg for phase 1 engineering of a shared-use path, and an ordinance creating an 11-member Active Transportation Advisory Committee.
The Transportation and Road Improvement Committee on Jan. 12 approved a package of actions intended to advance street repairs and active-transportation projects in Hoffman Estates.
The committee voted to appropriate $2.7 million in IDOT Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for the 2026 Street Revitalization project and separately approved a $38,759 supplemental MFT resolution to reconcile actual expenditures from the 2024 project. Committee members also approved an intergovernmental agreement with Schaumburg for phase 1 engineering of a shared-use path along Illinois 72 (Roselle Road/Glenlake Road) and adopted an ordinance establishing an Active Transportation Advisory Committee that will advise village staff on implementation of the Hoffman in Motion plan.
The MFT appropriation was presented by public works staff as the municipality’s standard annual resolution to apply MFT funds to the street program. Staff answered trustees’ questions about project limits and scheduling — Trustee Stanton asked whether the Kingsdale work referenced in the packet runs from Higgins Road to Glen Lake Road and whether Jones Road remained on the 2026 schedule; staff confirmed Kingsdale north of Higgins to Glen Lake and said a 2027 reference in the packet was a typo, with Jones Road still slated for 2026 work.
A supplemental resolution for the 2024 Street Revitalization project was described by staff as an accounting reconciliation: "It doesn't mean that we spent more money or had a project cost increase; it's just simply used more MFT funds than was anticipated in the beginning of the budget," staff said during the meeting.
On multi-jurisdictional work, staff said Schaumburg approached Hoffman Estates to fill missing shared-use-path segments identified in the Hoffman in Motion plan. The phase 1 engineering agreement splits costs by project limits; staff estimated Hoffman Estates’ share at roughly 30% (about $134,000), with $60,000 budgeted in 2026 and the remainder expected in 2027. Staff emphasized that completing phase 1 would make the project eligible for grant funding for later phases but that the agreement does not commit either village to subsequent construction phases.
The committee also approved an ordinance creating an advisory Active Transportation Advisory Committee (up to 11 members). Phil Green, a village staff member involved in Hoffman in Motion implementation, told the committee the new body will help the village track and prioritize active-transportation needs: "so we're very, very excited for this commission that will be kind of that eyes, ears, and voice of the community," he said, noting staff are developing an app to catalog bike-ramp signage and other infrastructure.
All of the motions on the transportation agenda were moved, seconded and approved by the committee on voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the committee minutes excerpt provided.
What happens next: staff will pursue the engineering steps under the intergovernmental agreement and return candidate appointments for the advisory committee to the full Village Board at the next board meeting.
