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Yorkville awarded $850K from state for road work; Game Farm Road, Somonauk Street on list of projects · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville awarded eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars from state
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  Speaker 1: for roadwork game Farm Roads, Somanok Street on list of projects.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Joey Weslow, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Yorkville is
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  Speaker 1: gearing up for another round of road resurfacing, but this
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  Speaker 1: time it's complementary of the state. The city applied for
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  Speaker 1: and received a local Project funding grant from the Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Department of Transportation. The awarded grant is not to exceed
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  Speaker 1: eight hundred fifty thousand dollars in project expenses. The city
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  Speaker 1: is not required to match the provided funds Like with
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  Speaker 1: other state grants. The city is using a portion of
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  Speaker 1: the grant funds for resurfacing and improving game Farm Road
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  Speaker 1: and Somanok Street. The city said the grant will cover design, engineering, construction,
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  Speaker 1: engineering and construction for the project. To get the project moving,
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  Speaker 1: the city approved a seventy six twenty one dollars design
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  Speaker 1: engineering contract with Engineering Enterprises Inc. Ei. EI will design
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  Speaker 1: and submit plans to i DOT for approval for a
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  Speaker 1: targeted construction date in fiscal year twenty twenty eight. Public
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  Speaker 1: Works Director Eric Duce said in city documents. The city
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  Speaker 1: first received the grant money in October twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Construction this year while the Game Farm Road and Somanok
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  Speaker 1: Street improvements are further down the line, the city's twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six Local Roads program is already in motion. This year,
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  Speaker 1: the city is pairing its twenty twenty six Local Roads Program,
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  Speaker 1: which is primarily focusing on the areas of Fox Highland
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  Speaker 1: and portions of Raintree Village, with twenty twenty six Road
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  Speaker 1: to Better Roads Project, which is improving the areas of
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  Speaker 1: River's Edge and Briarwood. The Road to Better Roads Program
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  Speaker 1: is funded through motor fuel tax funds allocated by i DOT.
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  Speaker 1: The Local Roads Project does not use state funding and
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  Speaker 1: is funded through city dollars. The city has two programs
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  Speaker 1: because the motor fuel tax funds are not enough to
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  Speaker 1: cover all the paving the city is scheduled. Drivers will
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  Speaker 1: see workers resurfacing the areas around West wind and Cornerstone
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  Speaker 1: Drives and wood Sage Avenue. Workers will also be resurfacing
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  Speaker 1: the areas around Windham Circle, Tyler Creek Court, Sharon Lane,
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  Speaker 1: Kelley Avenue, and Red Horse Lane. Construction crews are also
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  Speaker 1: patching the Menard Drive, market View Drive, and Countryside Area.
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  Speaker 1: Resurfacing of streets in the River's Edge and Cornerstone subdivisions
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  Speaker 1: also is part of the Local Roads Program. The work
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  Speaker 1: also entails continued concrete repairs on East Countryside Parkway, market View,
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  Speaker 1: Menard and Carpenter Street. The Local Roads Program also has
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  Speaker 1: workers focusing on roadway resurfacing and sidewalk repair in the
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  Speaker 1: areas of Fox Highlands and portions of Raintree Village. The
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  Speaker 1: city council recently approved research Church Street from West River
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  Speaker 1: Street to West Center Street. It also approved widening the
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  Speaker 1: turn radius at the intersection of Church Street and West
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  Speaker 1: River Street. The city also is extending the sidewalk on
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  Speaker 1: White Oak Way all the way to Fox Road. For
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  Speaker 1: a closer look at this year's roadwork, visit shawlocal dot com.