Barry Dykhuizen, City Administrator of Morrison, IL, rfeportyed, “Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently reviewed their 2017-2022 Proposed Highway Improvement Plan. Local [citizens] have an interest in this document, insofar as it indicates whether improvements to Route 78 through Morrison are in the five-year plan. Resurfacing 78 north of Morrison to Carrol County appears to be in the plan.
“To date, we are not aware of when the DOT plans on addressing Route 78 through Morrison.”
“Mayor Pannier has been active in trying to nudge this project towards the top of the DOT’s priority list. We receive many complaints on this stretch of road, but we understand the DOT has many projects and very limited funds. We are eager for the State’s finances to allow for an improvement on Route 78, which is an important north-south transportation route for the region.”
Dykhuizen concludes, The Proposed Highway Improvement Plan “is available in this link….Whiteside County (DOT District 2) starts on page 292:” http://www.idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Reports/OP&P/HIP/2017-2022/2017-2022%20MYP.pdf.