Central Illinois communities are set to see $400 million worth of funding for road and bridge projects over the next six years as part of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) latest plan for Rebuild Illinois. While roads have been a big focus of this, airports have as well including the airport in Taylorville. State Senator Doris Turner hopes that Taylorville will take advantage of this funding grant.
Senator Turner says this could be a significant boost for air traffic in the region.
With so much money available Senator Turner calls it a win/win.
The multi-year plan will invest over $20.7 billion statewide over the next six years with an emphasis on the National Highway System and deficient bridges. Projects were selected based on objective criteria such as pavement conditions, traffic volumes, and crash history.
In Christian County, some of the repairs that will be done include joint sealing repairs alongside South of Assumption to North of IL 16, overlay repairs south of Cold Springs Road in Pana to the Shelby County Line, a new deck bridge over IL 48 in Taylorville, and a ramp and bridge replacement at Flatt Branch 0.7 miles southeast of IL 48.
In Montgomery County, there will be bridge repair south of the Sangamon/Montgomery county line to Brush Creek, and a bridge replacement at the Sangamon Creek west of Ohlman.
In Illinois there are 6,976 miles of state-maintained roads and 4,077 bridges on the National Highway System.
