Illinois transportation officials have announced a six-year, $21.3-billion investment in the state’s road and bridge network, beginning with $3.15 billion worth of projects in fiscal year 2021.
At current funding levels, the plan allocates $6.1 billion to improve 3,356 miles of roads and $4.7 billion to improve 8.4 million sq ft of bridge deck. The remaining funds will be spent on major projects such as bridges on new alignments, highway capacity expansion and interchange upgrades, as well as engineering, land acquisition and safety and system modernizations.