Kane County is going to get some important resurfacing work done on high-profile state routes including IL Route 64, IL Route 38 and IL Route 31. Also, more than $5.5 million will go toward widening and resurfacing U.S. 20 in Pingree Grove.

According to the Chicago Construction News website, Gov. Pat Quinn made the announcement as part of a $25 million in contracts for DeKalb, Kane and Kendall Counties under the “Illinois Jobs Now!” capital program.

The website reports that a laundry list of projects that includes:

• $2,128,534 for resurfacing Illinois Route 64 from County Line Road to Illinois Route 47 in Maple Park, Virgil, Virgil Township and Campton Township.
• $5,539,055 for 0.91 miles of widening, resurfacing, traffic signal modernization, lighting and left turn lanes on U.S. 20 at the North Junction of Illinois Route 47/72 in Pingree Grove.
• $1,846,668 for resurfacing Route 38 from West County Line Road to Illinois Route 47.
• $4,721,282 to resurface nine miles of Route 38 from Illinois Route 47 to Illinois Route 31.
• $261,633  to resurface 0.46 miles of Bluff City Boulevard from U.S. 20 to Gifford Road.
• $1,439,383 to resurface Illinois Route 31 from Elizabeth Place to Main Street in Batavia and Geneva.
• $402,853 to install solar-powered flashing beacon assemblies, sign panels and thermoplastic pavement markings, construct a raised median refuge island and other work on various routes in Batavia.
• $1,721,740 for traffic signal improvements on Randall Road from Fabyan Parkway to Silver Glen Road.
• $1,670,457 to install an Intelligent Transportation System including CCTV, remote traffic microwave sensors, speed confirmation signs and a road weather information station on Stearns Road from Randall Road to Dunham Road.
• $270,820 for 0.73 miles of resurfacing from Hill Avenue to a point 52 feet south of Montgomery Road in the village of Montgomery and Aurora Township.

The article does not say when work on the projects would start or be completed.

SOURCE: Chicago Construction News