Funding approved for $58.5 million Wheeling and Buffalo Grove road projects
Cook County Board members on Thursday approved $58.5 million in funding for major road rehabilitation projects in Wheeling and Buffalo Grove.
The projects are on: Lake-Cook Road between Raupp Boulevard and Hastings Lane; Buffalo Grove Road from St. Mary's Parkway to Church Road; Route 83 between Lake-Cook Road and Buffalo Grove Town Center; and Weiland Road from Buffalo Grove Road to Woodstone Lane.
Work will include pavement reconstruction, drainage, detention, basin and sewer replacement, new bridge construction, bridge widening and modification, retaining and abatement wall installation and realignment of Buffalo Creek. Other upgrades include new street lighting, pavement markings, signage, parkway and median landscaping, and traffic rerouting.
Work on the roads is set to begin this winter and be completed in 2023.