The state transportation department s plans to repair roads and bridges over the next six years includes at least $448 million of major work in the Peoria area.
On deck are multimillion-dollar improvements to the Cedar Street Bridge, a widening of U.S. Route 24 in Peoria and Fulton counties, and reconstruction of nearly 3 miles of Galena Road along the Illinois River through Peoria and Peoria Heights.
Pritzker said the six-year highway plan, which is updated annually, will be funded in part by the six-year Rebuild Illinois capital program. That $45 billion, six-year program was enacted through a package of bills passed by the General Assembly on a bipartisan basis in 2019 and signed into law by the Democratic governor.