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Grace Kinnicutt | Capitol News Illinois

State launches next phase of I-80 corridor construction in Joliet with Houbolt Road project

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, center, joins other state and local officials to announce construction on the new Houbolt Road bridge and interchange in Joliet at a news conference at Joliet Junior College on Thursday. | Twitter.com/GovPritzker

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday announced the beginning of the next phase of construction along the Interstate 80 corridor, a widening and reconfiguring of Houbolt Road in Joliet that an administration official promised would be “transformational.”

The state investment in the $200 million public-private partnership is $32 million, Pritzker said, highlighting the ongoing benefits of one of his major first-year legislative accomplishments, the Rebuild Illinois capital plan.

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