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Cook County Transportation Committee approves roughly $26.4 million for road, signal and sidewalk projects
Summary
The Transportation Committee approved a bundled package of procurement contracts, intergovernmental agreements and IDOT Local Project Funding grants—about $26.4 million in total—to repair and upgrade roads, signals and sidewalks across Cook County; the vote passed 15–0 with two absent.
Cook County’s Transportation Committee on March 11 approved a bundled set of procurement and grant items covering pavement rehabilitation, ADA sidewalk work, signal upgrades and intergovernmental agreements across multiple municipalities, totaling about $26.4 million.
The committee approved a package that included a $1.1 million contract amendment for street construction with R.D. Dunnaman Company; a $408,000 intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Mount Prospect for resurfacing and related work on Bussey Road; and multiple IDOT Local Project Funding (LPF) grants for improvements on 119th Street, Halsted Street, Steger Road, Michigan City Road, Bridal Avenue/Narragansett/Nagle and other Cook County routes. Other items included a $5.2 million reconstruction of portions of the Salk Trail, a $6.1 million program to replace traffic-signal equipment at specified intersections, $3.9 million in joint signal equipment funding with the State of Illinois (IDOT), and smaller contracts for crack sealing and engineering services. The committee’s tally of listed amounts in the bundle comes to approximately $26,399,000.
Chair (name as appearing in the meeting) explained the items and asked for questions; none were raised. With no substantive questions, Commissioner Nye moved to approve the bundled items, seconded by Commissioner Trevor. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; the motion carried with 15 ayes and two absences (Commissioner McCaskill and Commissioner Kevin Morrison absent). The chair declared the items passed.
Why it matters: the package funds pavement rehabilitation, ADA-accessible sidewalks, traffic-signal modernization and related drainage work across Cook County and several suburbs, which county staff said will include LED signal heads, accessible push‑buttons, and ADA-compliant pedestrian ramps. Projects named in the bundle cross jurisdictions including Palatine, Palos, Schaumburg, Blue Island, Harvey, Hazelcrest, Burnham and other Cook County communities.
Votes at a glance: the omnibus motion to approve the listed procurement contracts, intergovernmental agreements and IDOT LPF grants passed 15–0 (2 absent). No amendments or rollbacks were recorded during the meeting.
Next steps: approved intergovernmental agreements and contract amendments will move to procurement and contract execution per the county’s standard processes; the meeting record did not specify detailed construction schedules or start dates. No formal financing details beyond the listed amounts were provided during the meeting.
