Illinois notes

[edwaleni]

Well Ilinois passed their budget.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-55b-budget-with-over-800-million-in-revenue-changes/

But I see some red flags in there. 

They are holding back the motor fuels tax revenue from being transferred to the constitutionally protected transportation lockbox.

By law they are supposed to transfer the collected tax revenue over, but they said they are going to hold on to it and delay the transfer.

This will be around $170 million.

I am wondering if this why the mainline I39 expansion around Rockford is delayed?

Per IDOT District 2, they spent February 2025 setting up the new traffic patterns for the construction season.

On March 25, 2025 they said construction would resume and the majority would be complete before the year end.

[Sapphuby]

I-72/US 36 bridge is down for an entire month for repairs. Traffic is routed to either the US 24 bridges or US 54.

[74/171FAN]

I-72/US 36 bridge is down for an entire month for repairs. Traffic is routed to either the US 24 bridges or US 54.

Hopefully the contractor will be incentivized enough to let me complete clinching I-72 in a few weeks.

[cwm1276]

Well Ilinois passed their budget.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-55b-budget-with-over-800-million-in-revenue-changes/

But I see some red flags in there. 

They are holding back the motor fuels tax revenue from being transferred to the constitutionally protected transportation lockbox.

By law they are supposed to transfer the collected tax revenue over, but they said they are going to hold on to it and delay the transfer.

This will be around $170 million.

I am wondering if this why the mainline I39 expansion around Rockford is delayed?

Per IDOT District 2, they spent February 2025 setting up the new traffic patterns for the construction season.

On March 25, 2025 they said construction would resume and the majority would be complete before the year end.

That is only the diverging diamond.  The mainline reconstruction is on the current bid list for notification only.   Mainline construction has not started, when the entire project started they said mainline construction 25-27.  https://www.rebuildi39.com/

[ilpt4u]

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article308431715.html

https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/i-5570-closure-in-madison-county-begins-june-13

IDOT closed 55NB/70EB yesterday June 13th between IL 157 and IL 159 in the St Louis Metro East near Collinsville for bridge repairs

Scheduled to be reopened June 30th.

Preferred detour is 255NB->270EB->55NB or 70EB or 55SB/70WB

[adt1982]

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article308431715.html

https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/i-5570-closure-in-madison-county-begins-june-13

IDOT closed 55NB/70EB yesterday June 13th between IL 157 and IL 159 in the St Louis Metro East near Collinsville for bridge repairs

Scheduled to be reopened June 30th.

Preferred detour is 255NB->270EB->55NB or 70EB or 55SB/70WB

Bridge repairs on that stretch are definitely needed.  I drive 55/70 regularly, and they've been aggressively rehabbing that stretch.

[edwaleni]

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article308431715.html

https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/i-5570-closure-in-madison-county-begins-june-13

IDOT closed 55NB/70EB yesterday June 13th between IL 157 and IL 159 in the St Louis Metro East near Collinsville for bridge repairs

Scheduled to be reopened June 30th.

Preferred detour is 255NB->270EB->55NB or 70EB or 55SB/70WB

Bridge repairs on that stretch are definitely needed.  I drive 55/70 regularly, and they've been aggressively rehabbing that stretch.

With I-255 closed further south until the end of July, that has to make for some interesting detours.

[ilpt4u]

You missed my other post...IDOT reopened 255 this weekend, ahead of schedule

https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/faster-cheaper-safer-i-255-work-wraps-up-this-weekend-in-st-clair-county

[edwaleni]

You missed my other post...IDOT reopened 255 this weekend, ahead of schedule

https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/faster-cheaper-safer-i-255-work-wraps-up-this-weekend-in-st-clair-county

Thanks, and yes I did miss your post, but my consolation prize is that before I responded I checked Google Maps real quick to see if I-255 was still closed and of course it was still marked as such.