Public Information Meeting #1 – December 2004 PRELIMINARY ALIGNMENT REVIEW OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS ILLINOIS 336 HIGHWAY STUDY FROM PEORIA TO MACOMB The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold three public open house meetings on the Proposed Illinois Route 336 Four-Lane Highway, extending From I-474 in Peoria To Macomb. The study area includes portions of Peoria, Fulton and McDonough Counties. Three identical meetings will be held, one in Canton, one in Peoria and one in Macomb. The meetings will focus on highway alignment alternatives within the revised corridor that extends from Peoria to Macomb. Maps and exhibits of the alignments as well as assessment data will be presented. DATES AND LOCATIONS When ? Where? Tuesday Canton High School Gym December 7, 2004 1001 N. Main Street 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Canton, Illinois Wednesday ITOO Society Hall December 8, 2004 4909 W. Farmington Road 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Peoria, Illinois Thursday VFW Post 1921 December 9, 2004 1200 E. Jefferson Street 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Corner of S. Candy & E. Washington Macomb, Illinois Individuals may attend any of these meetings at any time during the open house hours. Displays will be available and discussions will be on an informal basis. The meetings are accessible to disabled individuals. Persons planning to attend the meetings who need a sign language interpreter or other accommodations should notify this office at least 5 days prior to the meeting. Address written requests to: Mr. Eric Therkildsen, Illinois Department of Transportation, District 4, 401 Main Street, Peoria, IL 61602 or call 309/671-3333 TTY: 309/671-3450 This advertisement ran in the following newspapers on the noted dates: • Canton Daily Ledger – 11/24/04, 12/02/04 • Elmwood Tri-County News - 11/18/04, 12/02/04 • Fulton Democrat - 11/24/04, 12/01/04 • Macomb Journal - 11/22/04, 12/02/04 • McDonough Democrat-Spoon River Press - 11/22/04, 11/29/04 • Peoria Journal Star - 11/22/2004, 12/02/04 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eric Therkildsen November 29, 2004 (309) 671-3333 TTY: (309) 671-3450 FAX: (309) 671-3498 IL 336 – PEORIA TO MACOMB – ALIGNMENTS REVIEW The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold three public meetings in the open house format on Proposed Illinois Route 336 Four-Lane Highway Alignments for the revised corridor, extending from I-474 in Peoria to Macomb, IL. The study area includes portions of Peoria, Fulton and McDonough Counties. Three identical public meetings will be held, one in Peoria, one in Canton and one in Macomb. The meetings will focus on reviewing possible alignments for use in developing a preferred alignment for the proposed four-lane highway from Peoria to Macomb. Maps and exhibits of the corridors as well as assessment data will be presented. IDOT staff and consultants will answer questions informally. When? Where? Tuesday, Canton High School Gym December 7, 2004 1001 N. Main Street 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Canton, Illinois Wednesday, ITOO Society Hall December 8, 2004 4909 W. Farmington Road 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Peoria, Illinois Thursday, VFW Post 1921 December 9, 2004 1200 E. Jefferson Street 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM S. Candy & E. Washington Macomb, Illinois Illinois Department of Transportation Study Schedule and Public Involvement Following this meeting, public comments and suggestions regarding the alignments will be reviewed. The decisions to eliminate some alignments and retain others for further development, study and evaluation will be evaluated based Illinois 336 on public comments, costs, impacts, engineering considerations, and other factors. Next year, another public information meeting will be scheduled to present the alignments selected for more detailed study. PeoriaPeoria toto MacombMacomb Thank you for attending this meeting and for your interest in this study. HighwayHighway StudyStudy FREEWAY VS. EXPRESSWAY The alignments presented in this meeting are shown as expressway designs except for the first three miles on the east and west ends. The first three miles are required to be freeway because Illinois 336 will connect to a freeway (I-474 or US 67 - Macomb Bypass). The remainder of each of the alignments could be constructed as an expressway or freeway, or some combination. The costs for both types of Open House design are presented in the impact tables for each alignment. Public Meeting In the next public meeting, more information will be presented regarding the differences between a freeway design and an expressway design. A decision will be made regarding these issues after the next meeting and the public Tuesday, December 7, 2004 comment period. 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. PROJECT WEBSITE Canton High School Gym A website for this project is being created at 1001 N. Main street www.peoriatomacomb.com. After these public information meetings the alternative alignments, assessment data, and Canton, Illinois comment forms will be posted to the website. Wednesday, December 8, 2004 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. ITOO Society Hall 4909 W. Farmington Road Peoria, Illinois Thursday, December 9, 2004 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Please direct your comments or questions to: Macomb VFW Post 1921 Mr. Eric Therkildsen, P.E., Program Development Engineer Illinois Department of Transportation, District 4 1200 E. Jefferson Street 401 Main Street, Peoria, IL 61602 Corner of S. Candy & E. Washington or call (309) 671-3333 Macomb, Illinois TDD: (309) 671-3450 Peoria to Macomb Highway Study Welcome to this Public Information Section 1: Macomb to Marietta Section 2: Marietta to Norris Section 3: Norris to Peoria Meeting for the Illinois 336 Peoria to Macomb Highway Study ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVES Staff members from the Illinois North Middle North Middle South Middle South North West North North North Middle North East South East South Middle North Middle South Department of Transportation (IDOT) and their consultants are here to discuss the alternative highway alignments for a new 4-lane highway Existing Road R.O.W used 30 30 20 100 80 280 280 300 310 220 210 60 150 60 between Interstate 474 in Peoria and New R.O.W Required the planned bypass at Macomb. Agricultural 520 570 710 740 800 940 960 750 750 880 880 870 790 900 Wooded 70 50 10 10 0 210 230 270 210 370 440 90 30 30 This meeting is being held in an open Grassland 0 0 0 0 0 160 130 200 220 230 210 0 0 0 house format to allow informal Other 50 40 20 50 50 110 100 170 170 200 200 50 70 50 discussion between the public and 640 660 740 800 850 1,420 1,420 1,390 1,350 1,680 1,730 1,010 890 980 the study's staff members. We invite Land Required (acres) Subtotal - New R.O.W. you to view the displays and share (acres) Total R.O.W. Required 670 690 760 900 930 1,700 1,700 1,690 1,660 1,900 1,940 1,070 1,040 1,040 your comments with members of the (each) Relocations Required 5 10 10 20 15 55 55 70 70 65 65 35 60 50 study team. You may also write your (each) Bridges Required 24 19 12 9 7 28 23 28 25 36 39 9 10 9 comments on the enclosed comment 2004 $'s Const. Cost (Expressway) $140M $130M $100M $120M $115M $435M $395M $450M $405M $565M $595M $155M $155M $145M form and leave it in the comment box or mail the form to IDOT after you 2004 $'s Const. Cost (Freeway) $150M $140M $110M $130M $125M $460M $420M $480M $430M $600M $630M $170M $170M $155M leave the meeting. Key Map: Macomb to Marietta Key Map: Norris to Peoria ALIGNMENT PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT Key Map: Marietta to Norris Hearings were held in February 2004 to announce the selection of a preferred corridor. In response to input from the public, IDOT elected to modify the preferred corridor by expanding it in one area near Bushnell. The revised Corridor Report, with the modified preferred corridor as the selected corridor, received formal approval on June 23, 2004. The approved report and maps can be viewed on IDOT's website at www.dot.state.il.us/desenv/env.html. Since June, work has been proceeding on developing alternative highway alignments within the selected corridor. The potential alignment paths are at least 300 feet wide for the four-lane highway. From Macomb to Marietta, five alternative alignments are under study; there are six alternative alignments from Marietta to Norris, and three from Norris to Peoria. Not all of these alignments will be studied in detail. This open house meeting is an opportunity for the public to review the preliminary alignments and provide feedback on the relative merits of the alignments from the public perspective. Your input will help IDOT eliminate some alignments while continuing study, development, and refinement of the others, ultimately assisting IDOT in making a final alignment selection. Maps and exhibits of the alignments as well as assessment data are presented at this meeting. Impact Tables The table on this page summarizes the impacts of the alignments. Total right of way (R.O.W.) required for each potential alignment is categorized by agricultural, wooded, grassland, and other land. Relocations and bridges required for each potential alignment are listed. Because the decision of highway type has not yet been made, construction costs are shown for both expressway and freeway. .