McLean County committees approve materials letting, engineering agreement, bridge and Route 66 trail IGAs

Bloomington — The McLean County Land Use and Transportation combined committees on Tuesday approved a package of highway and trail actions, including a materials-letting resolution for 2025, a continuing engineering services agreement, an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Downs for Seminary Street work, a bridge fund resolution for Golden Bridge on Lexington-Leroy Road, and an intergovernmental agreement to build a segment of the Route 66 Bike Trail.

The approvals were taken by voice vote and passed unanimously (five in favor, none opposed; one member, Abel, was absent). The committee carried each item forward after staff presentations and brief questions from committee members.

The materials-letting resolution approved payment terms and supplier selection rules for county purchases of aggregates and other maintenance materials for 2025. Jerry, McLean County Highway Department staff, said the annual letting “sets the price for 2025, mainly for, like, aggregates that we use on replacing culverts or, putting aggregate shoulders down on the road.” He said some township orders were tied and resolved by coin flip; Limestone Transit was named as a low bidder for certain stockpiles.

The committee also approved an engineering services agreement with Lewis, Yockey & Brown, Inc.…