Page 8 Subscribe online now! www.ibjonline.com Business Journal August 2020 Area roads, bridges addressed in state’s new six-year plan Gov. JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Major highway projects of interest that Dupo to in St. Clair and of $1.6 million. Department of Transportation in mid-July are tentatively scheduled during the Monroe counties, including the Jefferson • Interstate 270 at the Illinois 111 in Collinsville to announce the release of a FY2021-2026 timeframe include: Barracks Bridges. Resurfacing on 22.3 interchange in Madison County. Interchange $21.3 billion plan to improve Illinois roads • Interstate 55/Interstate 64 at Poplar Street miles (including ramp repair), a bridge reconstruction and construction engineering and bridges over the next six years. Collector-Distributor eastbound from Poplar deck overlay, bridge repair, superstructure are programmed in FY 2021 at a cost of The investment, which effects Street Bridge to Trendley Avenue in St. Clair rehabilitation, bridge joint replace/repair, $19 million. Provides for efficient freight communities throughout the state, is part of County. Bridge substructure rehabilitation, bridge deck repairs, bridge deck sealing and movement. the governor’s Rebuild Illinois capital plan, a new bridge deck, bridge painting, a bridge bridge painting are programmed during FY • U.S. 67 at Delhi Bypass in Jersey County. the first in nearly a decade. deck overlay, bridge joint replace/repair and 2021-2026 at a cost of $123.6 million. Of New construction of 3.2 miles of a four-lane The multi-year plan provides funding to bridge repair are programmed in FY 2021 at this total, engineering for contract plans and expressway for the bypass around Delhi reconstruct more than 3,300 miles of roads a cost of $35.4 million. bridge deck sealing are programmed in FY including grading, paving, drainage, signing and more than 8 million square feet of • Interstate 55/64/US 40/Illinois3 from 2021 at a cost of $1.6 million. and lighting is programmed during FY 2021 bridges. The funds will create and support Mississippi River to Interstate 64 (Tri- • at Imbs Station Road at a cost of $24 million. hundreds of thousands of jobs over the next Level) interchange in St. Clair County. and Davis Street Ferry Road in Dupo. A • Illinois 162/157 intersection relocation six years, the governor said. Reconstruction of 2.7 miles,bridge joint new interchange, land acquisition, utility from the north junction of Illinois 157 to the Last year, Pritzker announced the first replace/repair, bridge deck overlay, bridge adjustments and construction engineering south junction of Illinois 157 in Glen Carbon. multi-year plan under Rebuild Illinois. Since painting, bridge deck repairs and bridge are programmed in FY 2021 at a cost of $49 An intersection reconstruction, a new then, IDOT began multiple construction repairare programmed during FY 2022-2026 million. bridge, land acquisition, utility adjustments, projects including the ongoing $67 million at a cost of $59 million. • Interstate 270 at Mississippi River in engineering for contract plans, a bridge Interstate 255 (I-255) rehabilitation • Interstate 64 under Illinois 111 in St. Madison County. A bridge replacement, replacement and construction engineering are project in St. Clair and Madison counties. Clair County. Interchange reconstruction, engineering for contract plans, land programmed during FY 2021-2026 at a cost Construction, which began in February of abridge replacement, ramp repair, land acquisition, utility adjustments and of $23.6 million. Of this total, engineering this year, will fix one of the worst roads acquisition, utility adjustments, construction construction engineering are programmed for contract plans is programmed in FY 2021 in the state. By closing I-255 completely, engineering and miscellaneous work during FY 2021-2026 at a cost of $233.1 at a cost of $2 million. IDOT will be able to complete the work in are programmed during FY 2021-2026 million. Of this total, engineering for one construction season instead of several, at a cost of $32.5 million. Of this total, contract plans is programmed in FY 2021 Here are select, smaller projects planned saving an anticipated $14 million that land acquisition, utility adjustments and at a cost of $500,000. Illinois is the lead in Madison County. can be reinvested in other projects. The miscellaneous work are programmed in FY agency for the project with sharing • Replace bridge on Albers Lane over administration will look to replicate that 2021 at a cost of $6 million.This project has in the costs, except for the land acquisition Rocky Branch Creek in Bethalto approach in other parts of the state. been approved for Illinois Special Bridge and utility adjustments that are only on the • Restore 0.14 miles of North Prairie Based on current funding levels, of the Program funding. Illinois side of the river. Street from Corbin Street to Williams Street total $21.3 billion included in the six-year • Interstate 64/US 50 from west of • Interstate 270 from Mississippi River in Bethalto program, $3.15 billion has been identified Greenmount Road to 1.1 miles west of to west of Illinois 203, including the • Reconstruct intersection of Sugar Loaf for the current fiscal year. Illinois 158. Additional lanes and resurfacing Illinois 3 interchange in Madison County. Road and in Collinsville Among the projects in Southwestern on 3.9 miles (including ramp repair), Additional lanes and resurfacing on 2.3 • Restore 0.34 miles of pavement on Illinois are these, all in IDOT District engineering for contract plans and bridge miles,engineering for contract plans, North Buchanan Street from East Union 8, which encompasses 11 counties and repair are programmed during FY 2021- bridge deck sealing, railroad flagger, bridge Street to Hillsboro Avenue in Edwardsville includes the cities of Centralia, East St. 2026 at a cost of $36 million. Of this total, superstructure work, land acquisition, utility • Restore 0.34 miles of pavement on Louis, Alton, Belleville, Edwardsville, engineering for location, environmental and adjustments and interchange reconstruction Keebler Road from to Old Jerseyville, Highland, Greenville, design studiesand engineering for contract are programmed during FY2021-2026 Keebler Road in Glen Carbon Mascoutah and Chester, plus many smaller plansare programmed in FY 2021 at a cost of at a cost of $92.3 million. Of this total, • Restore 0.2 miles of pavement on communities which serve as satellites for the $2 million. engineering for contract plans and railroad Johnson Road from Terrace Lane to larger employment centers. • Interstate 255/US 50 from Illinois 3 at flagger areprogrammed in FY 2021at a cost Nameoki Road in Granite City

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