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Kankakee mayor says $7 million Hobby Avenue rebuild will fix chronic flooding after utility relocations
Summary
Mayor Chris Curtis updated the Kankakee City Council on the Hobby Avenue Road reconstruction, a roughly $7 million, nearly one-mile project. Utilities—including water mains, gas, electric poles, sewer and fiber—have been relocated; paving is scheduled to begin in spring.
Mayor Chris Curtis updated the Kankakee City Council on the Hobby Avenue Road reconstruction project, saying the nearly one-mile, $7,000,000 effort will rebuild the roadway to the subsurface and reduce chronic flooding in the area.
Curtis said the work is a full rebuild rather than a mill-and-overlay job and includes new curbs, sidewalks, ADA accessibility improvements, rail guard crossings and the relocation and replacement of utilities. “This is a $7,000,000 project that is nearly 1 mile in length,…
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