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The 44th District senator
released details of local projects included in Illinois' $1.875
billion road plan for fiscal 2008, which starts July 1, 2007 (see
previous
related article). The six-year plan also includes an additional
$122.877 million for local roads and bridges. "Transportation
officials are calling this a maintenance budget, saying there is not
funding sufficient for new construction. No mention, however, of the
$1.4 billion taken from the Road Fund by the Blagojevich
administration to pay the state's day-to-day bills," Brady said.
"That $1.4 billion should have been spent on repairing our roads and
bridges, building new roads to reduce traffic congestion, and
providing road construction jobs."
Fiscal 2008 road projects for the 44th District include:
DeWitt County
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$1,350,000 for
bridge replacement on Illinois 10 at Salt Creek, four miles east
of Clinton.
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$1,065,000 for
resurfacing 2.8 miles on Illinois 10 and 54, from the U.S. 51
Bypass to Illinois 10 in Clinton, and from Illinois 54 to the
east corporate limit of Clinton.
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$50,000 for utility
adjustment on Illinois 10 at Salt Creek, four miles east of
Clinton.
Districtwide
- $60,000 for utility adjustment for various projects
throughout the region.
Logan County
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$950,000 for bridge
beam replacement, bridge deck overlay and bridge superstructure
on U.S. 136 at Prairie Creek, 1.5 miles west of Interstate 155.
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$750,000 for bridge
beam replacement, bridge deck overlay and bridge superstructure
on U.S. 136 at the Prairie Creek ditch, 1.6 miles east of First
Street in San Jose.
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$600,000 for bridge
deck replacement, bridge deck overlay and bridge superstructure
on Illinois 10 at Deer Creek, 4.5 miles east of Illinois 121.
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 McLean County
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$600,000 for
intersection improvement and traffic signal installation on U.S.
150 and Morrissey Drive at Lincoln Street in Bloomington.
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$500,000 for land
acquisition costs for a project on Business 55 and Veterans
Parkway at Morris Avenue, Greenwood Avenue and Cabintown Road in
Bloomington.
Tazewell County
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$1,590,000 for
resurfacing 5.83 miles on Illinois 122, from 2.6 miles east of
Hopedale to McLean County line.
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$825,000 for
preliminary engineering costs for a project on I-74-155, from
I-474 to North Main Street in Morton.
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$620,000 for new
bridge deck on Illinois 29 at Crane Creek, 1.4 miles south of
Illinois 122.
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$600,000 for bridge
deck repairs, bridge joint repair and bridge rehabilitation on
Old Illinois 121 and FAS 477 at the Mackinaw River.
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$260,000 for scour
mitigation on Illinois 9 at Mud Creek, 2.5 miles west of
Mackinaw.
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$210,000 for
preliminary engineering costs for a project on Illinois 9 at the
Mackinaw River tributary, 0.3 mile west of Mackinaw.
Tazewell and Woodford counties
- $3,000,000 for preliminary engineering costs (corridor
study) for a project on the Eastern Bypass, from Illinois 6 to
I-74.
[Text from news release sent on
behalf of
Sen. Bill Brady and received
from Illinois
Senate Republican staff]
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