CIty of Pekin Awarded $3 Million Infrastructure Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Rothert, City Manager Josie Esker, City Engineer 309-478-5371 309-478-5399 mrothert@ci.pekin.il.us jaesker@ci.pekin.il.us CIty of Pekin Awarded $3 Million Infrastructure Grant Pekin, Illinois – The City of Pekin recently applied for federal funding through a Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program from our area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (TCRPC). This morning, TCRPC awarded Pekin $3,000,000 to be applied to the third section of Court Street from 8 th Street to Stadium Drive, slated for construction in 2025. This funding will not affect the second section of the Court Street project, between Valle Vista and Stadium Drive, that is scheduled to begin in 2023. The Court Street revitalization project in total is estimated at $30 million and runs from downtown Pekin to Veterans Drive. T