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$2.43 million in improvements planned for Yorkville’s roads · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Two point four to three million dollars in improvements planned
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  Speaker 1: for Yorkville's roads. Written by Joey Weslow, This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: The City of Yorkville approved a two point four to
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  Speaker 1: three million dollar roadway resurfacing and sidewalk repair project. The
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Local Roads Program is primarily focusing on
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  Speaker 1: the areas of Fox Highlands and portions of Raintree Village.
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  Speaker 1: The annual paving program supplements the city's one point four
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  Speaker 1: to seven million dollars twenty twenty six Road to Better
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  Speaker 1: Roads project, primarily focusing on the areas of River's Edge
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  Speaker 1: and Briarwood. The Road to Better Roads program is funded
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  Speaker 1: through motor fuel tax funds allocated by the Illinois Department
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  Speaker 1: of Transportation. The Local Roads Project does not use state
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  Speaker 1: funding and is funded through city dollars. A bid was
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  Speaker 1: approved by the city with Builders Paving LLC of Hillside
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  Speaker 1: in the amount of two million, two hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 1: nine one thousand, seven hundred and eighty eight dollars. The
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  Speaker 1: company was the city's lowest bidder. The company was also
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  Speaker 1: used for the city's twenty twenty five Local Road Program.
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  Speaker 1: Another contract was approved for engineering services with Engineering Enterprises, Inc.
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  Speaker 1: Of Sugar Grow in the amount of one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: seventy seven thousand, three hundred and seventy eight dollars. The
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  Speaker 1: city recently approved five percent per hour rate increases for
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  Speaker 1: Engineering Enterprises Inc. For employees under the city's base contract
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  Speaker 1: and any supplemental engineering contracts. Last year, a four percent
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  Speaker 1: per hour rate increase was also approved by the city.
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  Speaker 1: EEI will perform construction layout and observation, monitor adherence to
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  Speaker 1: plans and specs, making sure the contractor stays on schedule,
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  Speaker 1: answering questions are concerns in the field, prepare and verify
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  Speaker 1: pay estimates, perform punch lists, and close out the project.
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  Speaker 1: According to city documents, the overall project includes pavement patching,
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  Speaker 1: pavement milling, pavement resurfacing, curb and gutter removal and replacement,
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  Speaker 1: sidewalk removal and replacement, driveway removal and replacement, structure adjustments,
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  Speaker 1: pavement markings, track ceiling, and other restoration improvements. According to
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  Speaker 1: details of the bit, milling is when workers remove the
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  Speaker 1: top layer of existing pavement to overlay the roads with
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  Speaker 1: a new layer of fresh smooth asphalt. The local road
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  Speaker 1: program focuses on catching up on improving streets in subdivisions
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  Speaker 1: where work has been lagging since the recession years two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and seven minus two thousand and nine. This is
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  Speaker 1: the third year of a four year program to complete
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  Speaker 1: paving throughout all the city's subdivisions. The program follows twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty four's three million dollar plan that included pavement rejuvenation,
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  Speaker 1: involving repairing small cracks and roads with a special treatment
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  Speaker 1: to improve roadway flexibility. This process helps improve the durability
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  Speaker 1: of the city's roads, saving money over time. The city
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  Speaker 1: has said it is close to completely catching up before
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  Speaker 1: it can implement a more regular, rotating annual roadway improvement schedule.