MARION, IL — The Marion City Council Monday night approved the IDOT Preliminary Engineering Services agreement for intersection improvement at the intersection of 17th Street and Williamson County Parkway
Improvements to the intersection will be made because those traveling north on Williamson County Parkway to turn west onto 17th Street do not have a clear line of vision for oncoming traffic. So, the intersection will be upgraded and widened a bit to make the necessary changes.
Cody Moake, Chief of Staff for Marion Mayor Mike Absher, says engineering will be done within 120 days. That will then open the bid process sometime in June, and hopefully construction could begin sometime in July.
Moake says without knowing the full scope, he is not sure how long construction will last.