NW Illinois News

Dixon City is planning to spend approximately $5.7 million to fix its streets infrastructure, making it the largest resurfacing project in the municipality's history, local policymakers said this spring. 

The comprehensive, multi-million resurfacing program is projected to finish by late fall, the Illinois News Now reported on June 2.

The Dixon City Council recently approved $2.1 million for fixes to various streets in addition to a previously approved $1.7 million in upgrades, the Illinois News Now reported. 

Though the funding will help upgrade streets, some of the financial allocations will have restricted uses, city leaders said. 

“These restricted funding sources include federal Surface Transit Urban (STU) dollars, Motor Fuel Tax, Truck Access Route Program (TARP) grant funding, and local infrastructure money,” Dixon Public Works Director Matt Heckman told Illinois News Now.

Dixon recently received a Truck Access Route Program grant to begin resurfacing Anchor Road between Rt. 38 and Rt. 52, the Illinois News Now reported.

City policymakers said surplus revenues and unspent expenses from last year's budget will support the Anchor Road project as well, the Illinois News Now reported. 

“This council has a deep commitment to improving infrastructure city-wide and we aggressively pursue all types of funding sources,” the public works director told Illinois News Now.

The project is set up to be implemented in 3 phases. Phase 1 construction already started, the Illinois News Now reported. The first phase includes N. Peoria, which is the Bridge to Everett, W. 7th St. which includes Depot to Lincoln, 4th Avenue which includes Palmyra to Galena, and E. McKenney which includes Galena to Assembly.

The second phase is scheduled to begin later this month, the Illinois News Now reported. Phase 3 will begin later in the summer.