House Bill Would Create $100M Disaster-Aid Revolving Loan Fund

Proposal follows recommendations of mayors of Mississippi River cities dealing with flooding

July 26, 2019

Measure proposed by House members from the flood-battered Midwest,would establish a fund to support loans for resilience projects.

Kaskaskia, an Illinois Island Community in the Mississippi River, Still Can't Assess Flood Damages

The island, the first capital of Illinois, was cut off from the mainland by flood water from April to July

Jeff Yoders

July 12, 2019

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Even though flood water has fallen to levels that make some bridges and channel roads passable in the tiny island town of Kaskaskia, Ill., local officials still don't have a good idea of how much damage more than three months of being submerged has done.

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive Bridge Closes for Emergency Repairs, Reopens With Temporary Fix

Chicago River span shut for 24-plus hours for cracked steel girder repairs

Jeff Yoders

February 18, 2019

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Lake Shore Drive, a part of U.S. Highway 41 that runs parallel with and along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, was closed to northbound traffic from the morning of February 11 to the afternoon of February 12 due to cracks in structural steel support girders on the elevated roadway that leads to the Outer Drive Bridge which crosses the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan.

Illinois Could Halt State Projects by June 30 as Budget Deadline Looms

Lack of a budget may lead to a statewide shutdown, for the third year in a row.

Jeff Yoders

June 15, 2017

Lack of a state budget, for the third year in a row, may lead to a statewide shutdown.

Best Project Small Project (Under $10 Million): Knoch Knolls Nature Center

Thomas F. Armistead

November 16, 2015

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The 6,300-sq-ft Knoch Knolls Nature Center—LEED Platinum certified and the only staffed nature center in a city of more than 144,000 people—was developed as a home base for nature exploration and a model of sustainability.

ENR

Dec 9, 2019

A joint venture of Skanska, Corman Kokosing Construction Co. and McLean Contracting Co. is moving toward an early 2020 construction start for a $463-million replacement for a 79-year-old bridge across the Potomac River, south of Washington, D.C.

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