Project Description
The Illinois Department of
Transportation is currently in the process of selecting
a consultant to provide Phase I engineering services
required for the preparation of an anticipated Tiered
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and supporting
engineering reports for the construction of a four lane
freeway or expressway from Interstate 24 in the Paducah,
Kentucky/Metropolis, Illinois region to Interstate 55 in
the Cape Girardeau, Missouri region. $3.6 million in
funding was approved by the U.S. Department of
Transportation in August to evaluate the most feasible
I-66 corridor. The counties included in the study are
Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, and Union. The
study, which will begin in the summer of 2012, will take
3 years to complete and includes environmentally
sensitive and economically depressed areas. The study
will be conducted under the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act and will include several public
meetings and input from stakeholders in southern
Illinois as well as Kentucky and Missouri.
The I-66 project is part of the East-West Transamerica
Corridor, a national transportation plan first studied
in the 1980s that would start in San Diego and end in
the Norfolk, Va. area. At this time, there is no further
funding identified in Illinois for I-66 past the initial
Tiered Environmental Impact Statement and supporting
engineering reports.
Notice of
Award 2011 (~70kb PDF)
Project Update - March
6, 2012
The Illinois Department of Transportation is pleased to
announce a consulting firm has been chosen to provide
Phase I engineering services required for the
preparation of an anticipated Tiered Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) and supporting engineering
reports for the construction of a four lane freeway or
expressway from Interstate 24 in the Paducah,
Kentucky/Metropolis, Illinois region to Interstate 55 in
the Cape Girardeau, Missouri region. Little Egypt JV, a
joint venture of the consulting firms Horner & Shifrin,
Inc. and Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, were
selected in January 2012. Work on the Phase I
engineering services will begin in July 2012. Anyone
that would like to be added to the project’s mailing
list may do so by sending their contact information to
Valerie.Rolla@illinois.gov
Project Location Map (~5mb PDF)
