The village council approved advertising bids for a sidewalk improvement project June 24.
Three commissioners and Mayor Rory Hoskins voted to go out for bids to update stretches of sidewalk throughout the village. Commissioner Ryan Nero was absent from the meeting.
Construction will include removing 3,200 square feet of sidewalk and repouring concrete. There will also be 36 feet of curb and gutter removal. New curbs and gutters will be installed, and the surrounding impacted parkway will be restored with topsoil and sod.
The improvements will take place around the village. On Marengo Avenue, 27 sidewalk squares in the 800 block will be replaced, along with nine squares of sidewalk in the 100 block and 12 squares in the 1000 block.
The chosen contractor will also redo two sidewalk squares in the 1000 block of Beloit Avenue, 11 in the 800 block of Elgin Avenue and 13 in the 7200 block of Jackson Boulevard. They’ll update six squares in the 140 block of Circle Avenue, five squares in its 1300 block and 175 square feet of sidewalk in the 1500 block.
The contractor will install a new carriage walk in the 7700 block of Adams Street, plus one in the 7600 block of Monroe Street and 800 block of Thomas Avenue.
A broken curb in the 7700 block of Van Buren Street will also be redone, along with 125 square feet of sidewalk at the intersection of Rockford Avenue and Franklin Street.
Bids for the sidewalk improvements will be solicited by Village Clerk Vanessa Belmonte and the village’s engineer, Christopher B. Burke Engineering.
According to officials, materials for the sidewalk updates will cost $41,000. The estimated labor cost has yet to be announced. All improvements will be completed 20 days after construction starts.