The state transportation department s plans to repair roads and bridges over the next six years includes at least $448 million of major work in the Peoria area.
On deck are multimillion-dollar improvements to the Cedar Street Bridge, a widening of U.S. Route 24 in Peoria and Fulton counties, and reconstruction of nearly 3 miles of Galena Road along the Illinois River through Peoria and Peoria Heights.
Pritzker said the six-year highway plan, which is updated annually, will be funded in part by the six-year Rebuild Illinois capital program. That $45 billion, six-year program was enacted through a package of bills passed by the General Assembly on a bipartisan basis in 2019 and signed into law by the Democratic governor.
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A strategic action plan to guide downtown Delaware for years to come is the goal of a process launched by Main Street Delaware, the city of Delaware and Delaware County.
As part of the process, a public survey is underway to collect input about uses of and ideas for the downtown.
The survey is one of two information-gathering steps the city is taking this month. On April 22, the city and the Ohio Department of Transportation have scheduled a session on plans to reconfigure the intersection of U.S. Route 23 and Hull Drive on the city s south side.
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Entrepreneur Kyle Hood, one of the owners and operators of the Redwood Wagon food truck based in Worthington, found himself in a similar position to business owners around the country when the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic took hold in March 2020.
The business was growing rapidly in the years since Hood, a Worthington Kilbourne High School graduate, launched it in fall 2017 with family members and relatives, he said.
But Hood said the pandemic presented Redwood Wagon with its biggest challenge yet.
“We had a growing business, he said. And because of the pandemic, everything came to a halt. We had to kind of evolve and figure out ways to continue to offer our services.”