IDOT teams up again with the Peoria Orange Barrels on roadway safety

Drawing off its 2022 success in promoting work zone safety, IDOT and the Peoria Chiefs baseball organization teamed up once again to drive home the message with a street fair outside Dozer Park.

Region 3, District 5: Work to rebuild the interchange of Interstates 57 and 74 in Champaign entered a new phase with the yearlong closure of the ramp from northbound I-57 to westbound I-74. The closure is necessary to begin the construction of a new I-74 bridge over I-57. A detour utilizing northbound I-57 to Market Street and then back to southbound I-57 to westbound I-74 will be in place during construction.

The $216.8 million multiyear project, funded through Rebuild Illinois, will modernize a critical regional freight juncture serving almost 40,000 vehicles per day with nearly 25% being freight trucks. The new interchange will include two flyover ramps to improve safety and traffic flow efficiency for travelers in the region. A third, auxiliary lane will also be added to both directions of I-74 between Prospect and Duncan Roads.

Click here to learn more about the project.

Region 5, District 8: Gov. JB Pritzker joined the departments of transportation in Illinois and Missouri on June 13 to celebrate the start of construction on the new Interstate 270 Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River in the Metro East. The project, funded by Rebuild Illinois, is part of a combined $531.6 million investment to improve one of the country's critical freight corridors.

The I-270 loop connects many of the region's warehouses and distribution parks, ports, airports, and rail yards on both sides of the Mississippi River. Nearly 70% of the region's industrial tenants occupying large warehouse space in excess of 500,000 square feet are within ten minutes of the interstate.

The $496.2 million joint IDOT-MoDOT project will replace the existing 57-year-old bridge with two structures that have wider shoulders that can accommodate the eventual expansion of I-270 to three lanes in each direction. A companion $35.4 million Missouri Department of Transportation project will reconstruct the Riverview Drive interchange just west of the bridge. Click here to learn more about the project.

Letting Update

Aug. 4 is the next letting for statewide construction projects that are scheduled in 2023. Here are some dates to note in advance of the letting.

June 30 at 10 a.m. Transportation Bulletin release (Official advertisement of projects.)
July 14 at 4:30 p.m. Prequalification cutoff (Date that contractors must be qualified to bid on contracts.)
July 28 at 4:30 p.m. Joint venture cutoff (three contractor limit. Date for these groups who want to bid can do so.)·
Aug. 1 at 4:30 p.m. Request for authorization to bid cutoff (Final date for contractors who are authorized to bid on contracts.)
Aug. 4 at noon Letting (Bids can be submitted until 11:59 a.m. on the day. Bids are shut down at noon.)

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