Will County has received $500,000 in federal funding for the Eastern Will County Truck Routing Project that will help a plan to redirect freight traffic from neighborhoods and identify a truck rout…
Trucks sit at the Prairie View rest stop on southbound I-57 near Monee in 2017. With a steady increase of warehouse developments and truck traffic in the region, Will County officials are planning a truck route between I-57 and Illinois 394 to help keep traffic away from neighborhoods.
The Will County Division of Transportation previously conducted a study due to community concerns about the growth of truck traffic from warehouses and distribution centers. Once the Crete-Monee Road corridor receives needed improvements, truck traffic will be redirected away from local roads to this route, said Joe VanDuyne, chair of the County Board’s Public Works and Transportation Committee.
Some roads in the area, however, are not suitable for trucks, and she has seen semis on gravel roads or roads that do not have an appropriate turning radius. The estimated cost of the project is expected to be about $146 million, including engineering, design and construction. Construction is likely to be spread into multiple segments to increase the chances of receiving future grants and to spread out the construction cost over more than one year, lessening the financial impact each year, Theodore said.
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