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County engineer outlines $2.6 million road project and near-complete Route 66 bike trail
Summary
County staff presented a $2,603,000 final cost for the Twanda Girdley Road project with safety improvements and shared an update that the Route 66 bike trail from McLean to Funks Grove is substantially complete, with ADA ramps, parking and final striping remaining.
County engineering staff presented updates Nov. 4 on two transportation projects: the recently completed Twanda Girdley Road rehabilitation and the near-complete Route 66 bike trail segment between the village of McLean and Funks Grove.
Jerry Stokes said the Twanda Girdley Road project finished slightly under the amount shown on the reporting sheet, which listed a total of $2,603,000. Project work included new guardrail installation, curb and inlet replacements near residences to improve drainage, and paved shoulders with rumble strips on a roughly two-mile stretch to address reverse curves. “We put paved shoulders with rumble strips to help the safety of running off the road there,” Stokes said.
On the Route 66 bike trail, Stokes reported that hot-mix paving and concrete work are complete in most segments; remaining work includes seating, signage, final striping, and parking-lot painting. Staff highlighted ADA ramps at 350 North Road and a new trailhead parking area in McLean that will improve access. A subcontractor is scheduled to perform striping after the contractor paints the concrete parking areas.
When committee members asked who is responsible for long-term maintenance of older trail sections, Stokes said maintenance generally falls to the jurisdiction where the trail segment lies — county parks and recreation outside corporate limits and the appropriate municipality inside city limits — and that larger resurfacing needs may be addressed through grant programs such as ITEP. He urged riders to provide specific problem locations so staff can investigate.
