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"The U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip than initially forecast in the third quarter, helped by more robust consumer spending and by stronger exports. The economy grew at a 2.5% annualized pace in the quarter, revised up from the initial estimate of 2.0%, the government said in its second estimate of quarterly gross domestic product. GDP growth was 1.7% during the second quarter.”
- Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, 11/23/2010
Below is a list of the requests we received in 2009 to fund transportation projects within our district through the Highway Reauthorization bill. While all projects cannot be funded, these requests demonstrate the variety of needs facing our region. The Highway bill is one way that we can help ensure that a fair share of our tax dollars are returned to our area to fund projects that provide jobs and foster economic development.
| Requester/Project | Amount | Description |
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| Alexander County | ||
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| Intermodal Transport Facility | $17,000,000 | Construct port, rail roadway intermodal facilities for import and export expansion |
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| Franklin County | ||
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Benton | $1,500,000 | I-57 and Petroff Road Interchange |
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| Benton | $1,050,000 | Reconstruct South DuQuoin Street and replace existing railroad bridge |
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| Benton | $910,000 | Develop the main artery on Skylane Drive |
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| Benton | $1,435,000 | Reconstruct Wastena Street |
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| Benton | $1,275,325 | Reconstruct North DuQuoin Street, from McFall Street to FAI 57 overpass bridge |
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| Benton | $700,000 | Reconstruct downtown roadways |
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| Christopher | $750,000 | Reconstruct various city roads |
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| Orient | $100,000 | Road reconstruction and repairs throughout the city |
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| West Frankfort | $800,000 | Construct an outlet drive extension to accommodate expanding business |
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| Jackson County | ||
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| Carbondale #1 | $2,700,000 | Oak Street, half mile improvement from Wall Street to Lewis Lane |
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| Carbondale #2 | $1,920,000 | Extend Sycamore to New Era Road, parallel to IL Route 13 |
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| Madison County | ||
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| Alton | $4,250,000 | Widening of Fosterburg Road From IL Route 255 to IL Route 140 |
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| Bethalto | $5,000,000 | Connect the West Corbin Street overpass to IL 140/111 in the Cottage Hills/Wood River Alton area |
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| Granite City | $1,880,000 | Granite City: constructing an extension of existing St Clair Ave from Maryville Rd to Mockingbird Lane. |
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| Granite City | $4,000,000 | Project consists of patching and reconstruction of Maryville Road from IL Route 162 to IL Route 203 |
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| Granite City | $1,525,000 | Concrete pavement reconstruction of Cleveland Avenue from 16th Street to Niedringhaus Avenue |
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| Granite City | $2,400,000 | Reconstruction of 21st Street from Edwardsville Road to Monroe Avenue |
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| Madison County Transit | $12,000,000 | Bus Storage |
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| Madison County Transit | $5,000,000 | Facility Improvements |
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| Madison County | $1,500,000 | Lebanon Road Bridge, replacement of bridge over Mill Creek Tributary |
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| Madison County | $450,000 | Various street reconstructions |
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| Madison County | $425,000 | Ohio Avenue pedestrian walkway – widen and reconstruct existing shoulder and install barriers to separate vehicles and truck traffic |
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| Tri-City Port | $1,920,000 | 1st Street Connector #1 – River’s Edge Truck Route |
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| Tri-City Port | $21,000,000 | South Harbor / South Loop Track Construction |
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| Tri-City Port | $2,600,000 | Asphalt overlay |
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| Venice | $5,000,000 | Railway subway to Granville |
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| Morrison Ave extension | $240,000 | Construction of a 278’ extension of Morrison Avenue from Capital Belchick Memorial Expressway to Alton Steel Industrial Park |
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| Old Madison Road Cahokia Canal to Terminus | $3,600,000 | |
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| Wood River | $1,500,000 | Old Alton-Edwardsville Road, complete removal of the old oil and chip road and replace with new asphalt road with curb |
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| I-270 Corridor Study | $3,000,000 | IL Route 111 to MO Route 370 |
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| Monroe County | $1,000,000 | Bluff Road. Upgrade to truck route by reconstruction, widening it, and making shoulder improvements. This is an older road it the upgrades will enable it to withstand heavier truck use. Columbia IL Route 3 & I-255 to Valmeyer/Rock City Business Complex 13.5 miles |
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| Waterloo | $197,000 | Lakeview Drive – construction of new right turn lane onto IL Rt. 156 |
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| Kunz Street Improvements | $250,000 | Improvements to Kunz Street from Main Street to Bottom Avenue |
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| Perry County | ||
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| Reconstruction of Pyatt-Cutler Road | $2,200,000 | Pyatt Cutler road is a major collector on the Perry County road system. It is the most traveled road in the system providing a connector from IL Route 152 to route 13/127 and IL Route 4. The road is the only connection and point of access to Pyramid State Park. |
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| Du Quoin | $753,000 | Reconstruction of 6 streets |
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| Mounds | $231,000 | Road improvement and reconstruction of East Sycamore Street to North McKinley and North Reader Street |
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| Pulaski County | $800,000 | Improve 7.5 miles of Feather Trail Road |
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| Randolph County | ||
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| Chester | $950,000 | Construction of turn lanes at the intersection of Opdkye Street and State Street |
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| Chester | $500,000 | Construction of Route 3 truck bypass |
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| Chester | $3,630,000 | Construction of truck bypass to the north side of Chester |
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| Chester | $5,830,000 | Construction of truck bypass on the south side of Chester |
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| Evansville | $300,000 | Construct Ball Park Drive to provide an alternative emergency route for the area |
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| East of Baldwin | $1,208,000 | Just north of Sparta near the trapshooting complex: CH 18 – construct a left turn lane |
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| Red Bud Connector | $1,520,000 | |
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| Sparta | $650,000 | Reconstruct Stevenson Drive |
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| Steeleville | $2,500,000 | Construct Industrial Park Extension |
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| Randolph County | $4,500,000 | Highway 18 improvements |
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| Belleville | $1,900,000 | Various street improvements on West Main Gateway |
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| Belleville | $800,000 | Royal Heights Road upgrades |
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| Belleville | $600,000 | reconstruction of Cleveland Ave |
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| Belleville | $4,500,000 | Construct a 17th Street extension |
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| Brooklyn | $650,000 | 5th Street reconstruction |
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| Brooklyn | $350,000 | Reconstruction of Washington Street |
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| Cahokia | $870,000 | Reconstruct Jerome and Mousette Lanes - improving, striping and other miscellaneous items to enhance drivability and safety |
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| Caseyville | $1,505,000 | Reconstruction of Business Node #3 Frontage Road |
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| Caseyville | $1,621,000 | Construct industrial sites truck access to California St |
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| Caseyville | $3,589,000 | Black Lane industrial sites connector road |
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| Caseyville | $4,168,000 | Bunkum Road, industrial sites connector road |
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| Caseyville | $2,084,000 | Road improvements at 81st Street |
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| Centreville | $970,000 | Construction of lane widening and intersection improvements: Robert Price Road |
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| Centreville | $3,558,000 | Construction of new roadway and grade separation at Railroad Crossing Connector |
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| Centreville | $350,000 | Road improvements to 73rd Street |
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| Centerville | $350,000 | Lakewood and Pocket Road intersection |
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| Centerville | $771,830 | Replacing existing George Street pavement |
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| Dupo | $1,300,000 | Improve Industrial Drive |
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| Dupo | $900,000 | Rebuilt Transpointe Drive from Main Street to 5th Street |
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| Eads Bridge repairs | $25,000,000 | |
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| East St. Louis | $217,000 | Improve 10th Street, Broadway to Martin Luther King Drive |
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| East St. Louis | $950,000 | Repair Harding Ditch to .2 miles east of I-255 |
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| East St. Louis | $750,000 | Repair Collinsville Avenue to St. Clair Avenue |
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| East St. Louis | $2,807,000 | Improve State Street from Collinsville Avenue to 47th Street |
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| East St. Louis | $985,000 | Reconstruction of 6th, 7th, and 8th Streets from Broadway to Martin Luther King Drive |
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| East St. Louis | $5,000,000 | 3rd Street - I-64 ramps to Riverpark Drive |
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| Fairview Heights | $1,500,000 | Old Collinsville Road reconstruction |
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| Fairview Heights | $285,000 | bridge project |
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| Fairview Heights | $285,000 | Union Hill Road reconstruction |
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| Fairview Heights | $36,000,000 | I-64 to IL Route 159 Interchange |
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| Frank Scott Parkway East Extension | $3,000,000 | |
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| Frank Scott Parkway East | $3,400,000 | Intersection improvements, including additional turn & thru lanes to Frank Scott Parkway from IL 161 easterly to IL 159 |
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| Highways 161-158 | $1,500,000 | Construct, plan, design and make improvements |
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| Lebanon | $615,000 | Reconstruct St. Louis Street to Monroe Street to Horner Street |
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| Mascoutah | $1,230,000 | Construction of a new roadway from Hackberry Road to Winchester Road |
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| Mascoutah | $1,230,000 | Harnett Street Phase 2 |
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| O’Fallon | $5,192,160 | Venita Railroad Overpass |
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| O’Fallon | $700,000 | Traffic signalization at Frank Scott Parkway and Fountains Lakes Drive |
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| O’Fallon | $4,432,000 | Construct 7,450 feet of three lane urban pavement section with dedicated left turn lanes |
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| O’Fallon | $2,791,000 | Reconstruction of East Adams and East Washington Streets |
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| O’Fallon | $9,876,250 | Milburn School road project |
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| O’Fallon | $1,753,000 | Reconstruction of Old Collinsville Road |
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| $3,000,000 | Pedestrian Public walkway project to connect the commercial development on the north side of Carlyle Avenue to Southwestern Illinois College and the College Metro station | |
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| Archview Medical/Office Building Campus, St. Clair County | $3,280,000 | Infrastructure road work adjacent to I-255 exit 15. Combination improvements to existing street and expansion of roadway into the new medical campus |
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| North Greenmount Road | $1,200,000 | Widening from Frank Scott Parkway north to Pierce Blvd |
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| Shiloh | $999,990 | Improve Shiloh Station Road |
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| Swansea | $317,820 | Widening Fullerton Road |
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| Swansea | $1,240,233 | Construct Phase 3 of the Huntwood Road Extension from IL Route 159 |
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| $6,136,000 | Infrastructure improvements to I-64 South | |
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| $500,000 | IL 15 to I-255 reconstruction | |
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| Wherry Road | $648,000 | Preliminary design for alternate access roadway |
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| $1,000,000 | St. Louis Downtown Airport Rd. improvements | |
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| $26,000 | Installation of two turn lanes in existing medium on IL Rt. 40 for two businesses | |
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| $45,000,000 | IL 3 relocation St. Clair Avenue to Riverpark Drive | |
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| Union County | ||
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| Village of Mill Creek | $560,000 | Reconstructing base of 3 miles of road |
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| Williamson County | ||
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| Carterville | $825,000 | Widening Tippy Road |
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| Carterville | $780,000 | Widening West Grand Avenue |
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| Carterville | $1,885,000 | Provide a secondary access way into Tri-C High school |
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| Herrin | $1,885,000 | Construction and alignment from Rushing Drive to Grand Road |
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| City of Marion | $2,400,000 | Complete Morgan Avenue east to Norht Russell Street |
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| Williamson County | $19,000,000 | Construct 3 miles of a new road (Golf Course Road) |
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| Williamson County | $600,000 | Reconstruction of Wagon Creek Road |
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