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Lee County updates highway building plan; utility access and $8 million grant bid discussed
Summary
County staff reported borings and site work completed for a proposed highway building, a roughly $400,000 local set-aside for initial costs, a planned nearly $8 million federal BUILD grant application due Feb. 24, and potential delays to secure NICOR natural-gas service that may require an ICC process.
Lee County staff reported progress on a planned highway building: borings are complete, the site is staked, and site and structural engineering work is underway. The board said roughly $400,000 has been set aside to begin work, with additional engineering and construction costs to follow.
"We've got the borings done and the location was staked out to where we wanna put the…
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