State planning $1.6 million resurfacing project on Route 2

DIXON – The Illinois Department of Transportation is planning a $1.6 million resurfacing project on a main stretch of road in town.

The project slated for this upcoming construction season would cover a little less than a mile on state Route 2, which becomes Everett Street, between Page Drive and Galena Avenue.

The City Council recently approved its portion of the cost, $50,054, toward work required around city-owned structures such as manholes and water valve boxes, Public Works Director Matt Heckman said.

The state will likely go out for project bids later this month, he said.

It’s a much-needed area of repair, Councilman Mike Venier said.

The project is part of the state Rebuild Illinois 6-year capital plan that includes around $20 million for 17 projects across 25.5 miles.

Other Lee County projects include:

• resurfacing and patching to state Route 26 from Bloody Gulch Road to U.S. Route 30 for $2 million.

• resurfacing, patching and ADA improvements to 10 miles of U.S. Route 52 from Water Street in Amboy to North of Henkel Road in Sublette Township for $4.45 million.

• resurfacing and patching about 10 miles of U.S. Route 52 from Wilson Street in Polo to state Route 26 ending at Liberty Court in Dixon for $4.7 million.

• ADA improvements to U.S. Route 52 in Amboy from Wasson Road to Water Street and on Main Street for $340,000.

• removing and replacing culverts 1.4 miles south of U.S. Route 30 to slightly north of Tower Road, as well as land acquisition, for about $1.6 million, and slightly west of Atkinson Road for $500,000.

• replacing bridges on Melugins Grove Road and Town Hall Road across ditches on U.S. Route 30 for $3 million, as well as $400,000 of phase II engineering.

• replacing culverts on U.S. Route 52 slightly south of U.S. Route 30 north of Amboy for $600,000.