It is projected that starting from the Little Vermilion River towards Bureau County, Construction work on U.S route 6 will be started this summer according to Illinois Department of Transportation .
Construction Cost
Paul Wappel, IDOT Public Information Officer said the estimated cost of project is $ 5.6 million.
Work in La Salle and Peru is scheduled to be done during the construction seasons of 2024 and 2025.
Wappel said, “We do not expect the work to happen over a period of time”. However, it is upon principle contractor who decides on how they will schedule their activities
Wappel stated that the effort would include roadway resurfacing, traffic signal improvements and ADA ramp improvements.
He noted the traffic impacts will be comparable to other resurfacing projects.
“Engineering work is finished since preparations have been made,” he said. “Overall, as with any construction project, traffic will be affected and motorists should anticipate delays.”
The Peru City Council voted in favor of the proposed allocation of funds for the project during its meeting on Monday. According to the officials, it has been a controversial issue over the last year.
Eric Carls, Director of Engineering and Zoning stated that the city will take care of resurfacing a couple amenities on.
Carls stated that he and Fire Chief Jeff King cooperated with IDOT to get emergency vehicle equipment integrated into the stoplights.
The price construction of U.S route 6 contains a part for some curve ramps ADA-compliance work as well.
Special Projects Manager Dan Carls said the estimated cost of the city’s share is $237,000 according to an IDOT estimate. But he noted that substantial funds will not be spent on the project until 2025 or more likely, 2016.
“This meets funding from multiple sources,” he said. Whether it will be out of the general fund, [motor fuel tax], infrastructure or hotel/motel – that can discussed when we get to project planning, but broadly speaking this qualifies for all four.”
Carls said Monday that the council just needed to allocate funds before IDOT bid letting in March. He asserted that he does not anticipate any type of significant spending by the city in the upcoming fiscal year because of a special provision found within contract with IDOT.
“Under the contract, no resurfacing work along West Street and Peru Street in Peru will take place earlier than March 1, 2025,” explained Wappel.
La Salle City Engineer Brian Brown said he anticipates that U.S 6 will be under construction from nowhere other than Joliet Street, which was paved a few years back.
“We’ll go Third Street to the west line and skip third, jump over Second, Fifth on Joliet an then east up to Little Vermilion Bridge,” Brown said.
He stated that the City Council of La Salle approved a budgeting in $32,000 for the project during its Jan. 8 meeting.
Second and Bucklin streets as well Third and Creve Coeur street intersections have traffic signal upgrade improvements attributed to La Salle.
Location
As US 6, the transcontinental U.S Numbered Highway runs from Bishop in California towards east Provincetown Massachusetts. The US 6 route crosses eastern part of California from Bishop, which is an Owens Valley city to the Nevada state line in Mineral County. US 6 went to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach, California until before this renumbering of state highways took place in 1964
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