$1.5 Million Project Requires Right-of-Ways

March 28, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

View of St. Route 149 going east to west. Growing up in Thompsonville, I more than realize the danger of this intersection. I am glad some reconstruction will be done to it. -sd (Google Maps image)

View of St. Route 149 going east to west. Growing up in Thompsonville, I more than realize the danger of this intersection. I am glad some reconstruction will be done to it. -sd (Google Maps image)

WEST FRANKFORT- (West Frankfort Gazette- Please click on link for the full story. Here is an excerpt.) A $1.5 million project is headed to the east side of West Frankfort, and will require approximately 50 right-of-ways from local residents. At last week’s committee meeting, Franklin County Highway Engineer Mike Rolla laid out a plan that he said would make improvements to the roadway and address sewer drainage on the east side of West Frankfort. Rolla added, “The project consists of going down Ninth Street to the road just north of Illinois 149. Then you go to east from East St. Louis Street all the way to Illinois 149. This is going to be a storm sewer job which consists of right-of-ways.” He continued, “There are 49 parcels, so there are 49 people that we may possibly have to buy right of way from. 49 people may be pretty mad. The city has gone through and gotten right-of-ways approved to the west with success.”

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