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Mayor touts 100% grant-funded $850,000 road project in Yorkville · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mayor touts 100% grant-funded $ 850, 000 road project in Yorkville. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Joey Weslow. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlit. The city of
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville is moving forward with plans to resurface Game Farm
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  Speaker 1: Road and W. Somanuk Street after receiving a $ 850, 000 grant
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  Speaker 1: Mayor John Purcell described as pretty exciting. The city said
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  Speaker 1: the project to improve around 0.95 miles of roadway is
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  Speaker 1: 100% grant-funded. The city previously announced the grant award in June.
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  Speaker 1: The local project funding grant was awarded by the Kane-Kendall
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  Speaker 1: Council of Mayors through the Illinois Department of Transportation. The
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  Speaker 1: roadwork will improve a large segment of Game Farm Road
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  Speaker 1: and along W. Somanock Street from U.S. Route 34 to
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Route 47. In preparation for the work, the city
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  Speaker 1: council approved a resolution on August 25th that says the $ 850, 000
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  Speaker 1: will pay for engineering and construction costs. The resolution also
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  Speaker 1: states the city will cover any costs above the amount
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  Speaker 1: in the joint funding agreement, according to city documents. Game
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  Speaker 1: Farm Road was last fully reconstructed in 2015 to 16,
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  Speaker 1: and it's already up for repave here in the next
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  Speaker 1: few years. so we proactively applied for a grant to
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  Speaker 1: resurface the roadway, City Administrator Bart Olson said during the meeting.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier in June, the City approved a $ 76, 121 design engineering
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  Speaker 1: contract with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. EI will design and submit
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  Speaker 1: plans to IDOT for approval for a targeted construction date
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  Speaker 1: in fiscal 2028, Public Works Director Eric Deuce said in
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  Speaker 1: City documents. The city first received the grant money in
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  Speaker 1: October 2025. The city previously approved a string of road
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  Speaker 1: improvement and construction projects as part of its 2026 Local
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  Speaker 1: Roads Program and its 2026 Road to Better Roads Project.