7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
2011 to Be Biggest Road-Building Year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois plans $5 billion in road work in the next fiscal year.

Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig Thursday said that will be a record amount.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced a five-year, $12.8 billion highway improvement program for 2011 to 2016.

That includes $2.5 billion for the budget year that begins July 1. Combined with existing work, it will be a record construction year.

The five-year total also includes more than $2.5 billion in state funds that will be borrowed from the capital construction plans the Legislature adopted last year.

The plan will rehabilitate 4,739 miles of highways and replace or fix 763 bridges.

Work on a new bridge across the Mississippi River at East St. Louis will begin this year.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
04 15 10 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.