Grand Avenue and Monmouth Boulevard to see some patching work this year
The Grand Avenue reconstruction project in Galesburg is scheduled tentatively for 2024. Wayne Carl, the city's Director of Public Works says that an environmental study has to be conducted first and some right-of-way land has to be purchased first. Carl told WGIL on Friday that this year, the Illinois Department of Transportation will be doing some patching work on Grand Avenue, to hopefully make the wait for reconstruction easier on drivers. "We have an agreement where we will fill the potholes, strip it, plow it, and salt it for the state. But if it's more major than that, it ...