City of Pekin, IL

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Court Street Improvements

The City of Pekin took over Jurisdiction of Court Street from IDOT in 2019. Staff and a consultant engineering firm, Hanson Professional Services, have been working on plans to improve the corridor. The Court Street Rehabilitation Project has been split into three sections for ease of construction and to minimize disruption to the public.

Section One: Veterans Drive to Hilltop Drive
  • Completed in 2021
Section Two: Hilltop Drive to Stadium Drive
  • Scheduled and budgeted to begin in 2023. Will be a two construction season project.
  • This project will include all new curbs and sidewalks, a new asphalt surface, all new inlets, some new storm sewer pipes, and some water main work (paid for by Illinois American Water). The configuration of the road on Court Street will remain the same with two lanes in each direction and a bi-directional turn lane in the center. The intersection of Parkway and Court will be completely re-built and re-configured. A new traffic signal will be added at Stadium Drive to provide a safe crossing for pedestrians to the high school and football stadium.
  • Plans and specifications are complete. See link below.

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  • The bid date of this project cannot be scheduled until all Right of Way is purchased from adjacent land owners, so the exact time that construction will begin cannot yet be determined. Staff has been working to acquire the necessary property to move all power poles and widen the sidewalk.
Section Three: Stadium Drive to 8th Street
  • Planned to be bid out immediately after construction on section two is complete.
  • Preliminary (phase 1) plans are already complete and approved by IDOT. See link to the project development report below.

  • This project will also include all new curbs and sidewalks, a new asphalt surface, all new inlets, some new storm sewer pipes, and some water main work (paid for by Illinois American Water). The configuration of the road on Court Street will remain the same with two lanes in each direction and a bi-directional turn lane in the center.
  • Staff plans to begin Right of Way acquisition on this section as soon as all Right of Way is completed in section two.