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Tollway committee advances nine engineering contract awards, including $21.7 million plaza conversion
Summary
The Engineering Planning and Development Oversight Committee moved nine contract awards and recommended they be placed on the full board agenda, including a $21,678,730.01 contract for plaza conversions on I‑88 and two emergency awards capped at $2 million and $2.3 million.
The Engineering Planning and Development Oversight Committee voted to consolidate and advance nine engineering contract awards for placement on the full board agenda, Chief Engineering Officer Menard said during the meeting.
The contracts include construction, design and goods-and-services agreements across multiple tollway corridors. “The bids for both contracts were competitive,” Menard said, describing the small-business set-aside landscaping awards; he said the low bidder for both was Cardinal State LLC. He also noted that K5 Construction Corporation submitted the low bid for a plaza-conversion contract and “has committed to meet the DBE and veteran goals for this contract.”
The committee’s action matters because several awards fund conversion of toll plazas to a barrier-free system and other rehabilitation work that the tollway said will improve traffic flow and reduce long-term maintenance costs. The plaza conversions are part of the Move Illinois program and the seven-year Bridging the Future capital program, which Menard identified as a funding source for tier‑2 plaza work.
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