Construction projects across the state Illinois could soon be halted if the state doesn't come to an agreement amid the nearly year-long budget impasse.
State road projects will come to a stop if the Illinois General Assembly does not agree to a stopgap budget, officials said.
"Through the end of the month we have 800 state transportation projects, state highway projects, totaling almost $2 billion," Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn said.
But after June 30, with no state budget in place, "all of that construction work will have to stop."
"It will take a couple of weeks to shut down, because we have to make sites safe, we can't just leave," Blankenhorn said.
IDOT plans to start that process the first of July, but officials warn the move would cost the state even more money.
"We're going to waste tens and tens of millions of dollars shutting these things down and bringing them back up when they get a budget again," Blankenhorn said.
Local
See below for a complete list of projects that could be impacted:
Potential impacts for District 1
(Cook, DuPage, Will, McHenry, Kane and Lake counties)
-Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction in Chicago.
- $147.2 million
- Spread over five separate contracts
- Interstate 90/94 to Interstate 290 flyover bridge under construction
-Interstate 55 and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
- Reconstruction of Interstate 55 and U.S. 41 interchange, as well as new retaining walls, lighting, other related work, in Chicago.
- $134 million
- Two contracts, inbound and outbound directions
-Illinois 171 at I-55 in Cook County
- Bridge rehabilitations and widenings, adding auxiliary lane
- $62.5 million
- Four contracts under construction
-159th Street (Illinois 7/U.S. 6) from Interstate 355 to U.S. 45 in Will County
- Additional lanes
- $104.3 million
- Two contracts under construction
-I-55 at U.S. 6 in Channahon/Minooka
- Bridge rehabilitation, interchange reconstruction, ramp modification
- $18.9 million
- One contract under construction, two addition contracts pending this year
-U.S. 30 from I-55 to Illinois 59 in Joliet/Plainfield
- Additional lanes
- $20.9 million
- One contract under construction
-Illinois 19 and York Road in Bensenville
- Approach embankment, intersection reconstruction, new bridge
- $66.4 million
- Three contracts under construction
-Torrence Avenue over the Grand Calumet River in Chicago
- Bridge replacement
- $10.2 million
Major FY17 projects that may not be awarded:
-Jane Byrne Interchange (three contracts)
- I-290/Congress Parkway westbound – Congress Parkway to Racine Avenue
- $11.5 million
- Reconstruction, lighting, noise barriers,
- I-290/Congress Parkway westbound, east of Des Plaines Avenue, and I-290 westbound over I-90/94
- $26 million
- Bridge rehabilitation, reconstruction, retaining wall, lighting
- I-290/ Congress Parkway, northbound ramp to eastbound Congress Parkway
- $9.8 million
- Reconstruction, lighting, bridge replacement, retaining wall
-Kennedy Expressway Auxiliary Lanes – eastbound Cumberland Avenue to Harlem Avenue in Chicago
- $23 million
- Add auxiliary lanes, resurfacing, ramp repair, retaining wall, drainage, lighting, signing
- Also includes Illinois 72 improvements between Oriole and Harlem avenues
-Cumberland Flyover in Chicago
- $32.4 million
- New bridge
-East River Road over the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago
- $10 million
- Bridge Replacement
- One contract under construction
- Part of the Cumberland Flyover
-U.S. 45 (Millburn Bypass) in Lindenhurst, Old Mill Creek and unincorporated Lake County
- New bypass constriction
- $23 million
-U.S. 41 & Illinois 132 in Gurnee
- Bridge replacement
- $24 million
Active major local projects that potentially would be suspended
Ohio Street at MNSF & Indian Creek
- $7.8 million
- City of Aurora, Kane County
- Removal of the existing structure
Illinois 19 at Wood Dale Road
- $11.5 million
- City of Wood Dale, DuPage County
- Intersection reconstruction to improve highway/rail safety
Deerfield Road (MD West Line to Skokie River)
- $18 million
- Deerfield/Highland Park, Lake County
- Reconstruction
- Bridge rehabilitation at U.S 41, Chicago River, Union-Pacific Railroad, Old Skokie Road and Berkeley Avenue.
Eola Road (Montgomery Road to 87th Street)
- $10.3 million
- Aurora/Montgomery, DuPage County
- Pavement reconstruction & widening, curb & gutter, sidewalks, pedestrian path, storm sewer, retaining walls, fencing, traffic signal modernization.
Emmerson Street/Green Bay Road/Ridge Avenue/Asbury Avenue
- $11 million
- City of Evanston
- Intersection reconstruction
