Pritzker, IDOT Announce Rebuild
Illinois Road and Bridge Projects
New Multi-Year Plan Lays Out $23.5 Billion
in Maintenance, Preservation and Expansion Projects Across the State
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[October 23, 2019]
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation
released the department’s annual Multi-Year Plan of road and bridge
projects across the state, which is the first to capture the
historic impact of the Rebuild Illinois capital plan.
Using rigorous and objective criteria, IDOT evaluated the condition,
frequency of use, and crash and fatalities across the state’s
transportation system in planning the historic improvements. Over
the next six years, $23.5 billion will be invested in maintaining,
preserving and expanding 4,212 miles of roadway and 9.2 million
square feet of bridge deck statewide.
A full list of road and bridge projects coming across the state can
be found here.
“All together, these road and bridge projects will create and
support hundreds of thousands of jobs over the next five years for
hardworking Illinoisans in every part of our state,” said Governor
JB Pritzker. “Illinois has some of the most important roads in
America – let’s make them outlast and outperform those across the
nation.”
“In my nearly 30 years at this agency, today might be the most
important day in our history,” said Omer Osman, Acting Secretary of
the Illinois Department of Transportation. “This Multi-Year Plan
gets us on the path to fixing our roads and bridges, putting
policies into action that ensure our transportation system in
Illinois is reliable, safe and provides economic opportunity for
generations to come. It is the blueprint for how we Rebuild
Illinois.”
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This new Multi-Year Plan represents a shift in Illinois’ approach to its
roadways and bridges. Previously, the state waited to rebuild until projects had
deteriorated so much that they presented safety hazards; under guidance from the
Federal Highway Administration, Illinois will now prioritize maintaining its
system over time, which is also a more cost-effective way to manage long-term
capital needs. To achieve that, this plan dedicates more than 75% of the funds
to reconstructing and preserving roadways and bridges, 16% to strategically
expanding the system in areas where data have shown the investment will be
highly effective and the remainder for necessary traffic and safety
improvements.
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Of the major categories of state investments in the plan, $7.58 billion will go
toward roadway reconstruction and preservation, $4.99 billion for bridge
replacements and repairs, $1.59 billion for safety and system modernizations
like interchange reconstructions, $3.08 billion for strategic expansion of the
system and $2.11 billion for system support like engineering and land
acquisition.
The additional state investment in Rebuild Illinois has also allowed the
department to maximize federal dollars, bringing in tens of millions annually
that would have otherwise been left on the table each year.
The FY20-25 Multi-Year Plan serves as a baseline plan in the Rebuild Illinois
capital program. Updated plans, based on revenue and evaluation metrics, will be
released each year and adjustments to projects will be made on an annual basis
through the MYP.
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