Governor Jay “J.B.” Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) released IDOT’s Fiscal Year 2020-2025 Multi-Year Plan of road and bridge projects across the state, which is the first to capture the historic impact of the Rebuild Illinois capital plan. The $45 billion Rebuild Illinois capital plan was approved by the Illinois General Assembly in June, 2019. The IDOT FY20-25 Multi-Year Plan dedicates $23.5 billion to infrastructure projects throughout Illinois for the state’s roads and bridges. According to the Governor’s office, over the next six years $23.5 billion will be invested in maintaining, preserving and expanding 4,212 miles of roadway and 9.2 million square feet of bridge deck statewide. $7.58 billion will go toward roadway reconstruction and preservation, $4.99 billion for bridge replacements and repairs, $1.59 billion for safety and system modernizations like interchange reconstructions, $3.08 billion for strategic expansion of the system and $2.11 billion for system support like engineering and land acquisition.
View the IDOT news release.
