Some local road improvements will get a boost now that Governor Pat Quinn has signed a transportation bill allowing Illinois to move forward with $1.6 billion in transportation projects.
It’s the next phase of a public works program that began in 2009.
Local projects included in the package are the ongoing redesign of Dirksen Parkway at Clear Lake, and the widening of Wabash Avenue west of Koke Mill. Illinois will pay for the projects by selling bonds.