The Route 29 Project Committee will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday night. The meeting will cover several subjects, but there is one giant elephant in the room; that giant elephant being whether or not the work will be able to continue on the Route 29 project after July 1st due to the State Budget Impasse. Mike Bell with the Route 29 Project Committee spoke with Regional Radio News recently and said how those at the meeting will hear from a representative from IDOT, hopefully on whether or not the work will continue on the project. Bell shared how the Christian County Economic Development Corporation along with the Route 29 Project Committee is planning on having a presence in Springfield Wednesday to help support the project.
Bell expressed frustration with the current economic situation, stating how all anybody would have to do to see firsthand the impact the budget impasse has had on the state and to local areas, is look at the Route 29 Project and how even though there’s been a lot of progress on the project, it would all come to a sudden stop should the state not pass any sort of budget.
Bell said how there are many local jobs on the line with the budget issues involving local works projects, stating how for every $1 million spent on a project such as the Rout 29 project, roughly 13 jobs are created. Bell also said how many of those jobs are local jobs.
