WILMETTE – Wilmette residents will see some much needed road repair completed this year on streets situated both east and west of Green Bay Road. At a meeting on Jan. 26, the Village Board of Trustees approved a resolution authorizing $923,500 of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds from the state to help cover a portion of those costs.
While village officials were concerned in the fall that the state had not released MFT funds to the village due to the budget impasse in Springfield, at this point the village has received that money.
“The Village has received all of its 2015 MFT revenues from the State of Illinois. However, there is no guarantee that the State will not sweep the MFT allotment in 2016 or beyond,” Assistant Village Manager Michael Braiman told Daily North Shore on Feb. 2.
According to Braiman, the roadwork that will be completed over the course of the summer into next fall includes asphalt resurfacing of the following streets:
- 7th Street from Lake Avenue to Greenwood Avenue
- Laurel Avenue from 4th Street to 8th Street
- 15th Street from Walnut Avenue to Green Bay Road
- Harvard Street from Washington Avenue to Lake Avenue
- West Park Drive from Lake Ave to PW Gate
The village will also remove asphalt and restore the brickwork on 15th Street from Walnut Avenue to Green Bay Road.
While the village has budgeted $2.9 million for its entire engineering and capital program that includes alleys, sidewalks, curbs, brick streets, and other related projects, the street re-surfacing project is budgeted at $1.2 million. The MFT funds will cover a portion of those costs, with the remaining money coming from the village’s general fund, Braiman said.