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Lake County committee approves DOT contracts, bridge rehab, resurfacing, speed change and capital carryovers
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Summary
The Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee on April 8 approved a series of transportation contracts and budget carryovers: pavement crack sealing, hot‑mix maintenance, a $2.15 million bridge rehabilitation (90‑day closure), township resurfacing, an AV upgrade, a speed‑limit change, and carryover of roughly $215 million in DOT capital projects.
The Lake County Public Works and Transportation Committee on April 8 approved multiple Division of Transportation contract awards, a bridge rehabilitation that will require a temporary closure, a speed‑limit reduction in Antioch Township and routine capital carryover appropriations.
Contracts approved included a $59,386.94 award to Denler Inc. (Joliet) for crack sealing funded from Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds ($72,000 appropriated), a $499,667.29 contract with Everlast Blacktop for hot‑mix asphalt maintenance ($600,000 MFT appropriated), and a $2,152,618.82 contract with Roush Infrastructure for rehabilitation of the Dilleys Road bridge at Mill Creek with $2,584,000 appropriated from MFT funds.
DOT staff said the bridge work responds to beam deterioration identified in a 2023 inspection and will replace the deck and beams while leaving the concrete abutments in place. Staff said environmental reviews were completed and that the project will require a roughly 90‑day full closure with a formal detour route and public notifications; they expect the work to start this summer and the structure to be reopened by year‑end.
The committee also approved township resurfacing projects: a $303,290.71 contract with Gesky and Sons for 2.10 miles in Cuba Township (Illinois Highway Code work) and a $110,418.90 award to Schroeder Asphalt Services for resurfacing in Shields Township (distance noted in the record as 39 miles). The committee heard that these are township Motor Fuel Tax projects with county oversight on design and construction.
The committee approved an ordinance reducing the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph on Trinity, Terry and Tracy lanes in the Trinity Terrace subdivision after staff completed a speed study requested by the highway commissioner, and authorized a $49,419 contract with CTI to upgrade audiovisual equipment in the DOT main conference room (expected online by mid‑summer).
Finally, the committee approved routine emergency appropriations to carry forward DOT capital funds for multi‑year projects; staff said about $215 million is being carried forward from the department's five‑year, roughly $900 million, program. DOT also announced an upcoming news release outlining about 30 construction projects totaling roughly $98 million for the season.
All motions recorded in the transcript carried.
