Cook County OKs money for transportation jobs
Projects include some roadwork in south, southwest suburbs
Tinley Park will get $8.5 million in funding for widening a portion of 80th Avenue and other Southland communities are in line for money for transportation projects, according to Cook County.
Most of the funding is coming from the Invest in Cook grant program, according to the county. Money for the Tinley Park project is coming from motor fuel tax revenue, officials said.
The project will widen 80th Avenue from 191st Street to 183rd Street and rebuild the bridge over Interstate 80.
Work will include adding turning lanes and updating traffic signals at the 191st and 183rd intersections as well as installing signals at 185th Street.
Last December, Tinley Park approved an agreement with Will County under which the county will contribute $5.9 million toward construction costs, and the Illinois Department of Transportation has agreed to provide $4 million toward replacing the bridge over I-80.
Under the agreement with Will County, which now maintains that portion of the road, that responsibility would be turned over to Tinley Park.
Calumet City will receive $360,000 for preliminary engineering of a bike path along Michigan City Road. The path will fill a gap of about 2,900 feet from
the intersection of Michigan City Road and Torrence Avenue and the Burnham Greenway Trail, according to the county.
The county is awarding $478,000 to Chicago Heights to repair a section of Euclid Avenue from 26th Street to the Canadian
National Railway tracks.
Bordered by homes on the east side, the west side of Euclid is home to Esmark Steel Group and ALCO Spring Industries and the section of Euclid being renovated carries 100 or more large trucks daily, according to the city.
Phoenix will receive $384,000 for preliminary engineering on a project that would replace about 3,400 feet of deteriorated roadway on 153rd Street from Halsted Street to 9th Avenue, according to the county.
The county is awarding $200,000 to Posen to replace deteriorated curbs and sidewalks along 143rd and 144th streets between Western and Harrison avenues, according to the county.