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Jefferson County approves $4.88 million Libertyville Road resurfacing plan
Summary
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved final plans and funding for a $4.88 million resurfacing of 4.5 miles of Libertyville Road, combining state, federal and local transportation grants and measures to limit night traffic during work.
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors voted to approve final plans to resurface Libertyville Road, authorizing work that county staff said will cover 4.5 miles between the curb-and-gutter section at Key Boulevard and the intersection at Hemlock.
Speaker 7, who presented the project to the board, said the work will add subdrains, widen shoulders to provide a four-foot paved shoulder on each side, and install centerline and shoulder rumble strips and six-inch pavement striping to improve safety. "The Libertyville Road pavement is the worst pavement in the county," Speaker 7 said, describing the existing surface as a worn concrete overlay with a failing base. He said crews will place a stone interlayer and then 3.25 inches of asphalt to remain under the four-inch federal threshold that would trigger additional slope and shoulder requirements.
Speaker 7 and Speaker 1 outlined the financing package for the roughly $4.88 million project: $500,000 from an IDOT TCIP safety allocation, $2.5 million secured through Representative Miller-Meeks' office, about $1.4 million in STBG federal funds, and roughly $400,000 from farm-to-market funds. "This is how we have to do business to make these big projects work," Speaker 1 said, describing multiple years of assembling grant awards and local allocations.
The board discussed traffic control during construction. Speaker 7 said the road will be closed to through traffic for safety while allowing resident access with flaggers in work zones; he also said truck traffic to the Jefferson County quarry will be detoured to reduce risk. Construction is scheduled for the next construction season.
The motion to approve the final plans and estimated $4,880,000 cost was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. Speaker 7 signed paperwork after the vote.
The next steps are standard project implementation tasks: finalize contract documents and coordinate detours and public notices before mobilization in the construction season.
