E.ON is beginning the final phase of planned road improvements around its Radford’s Run Wind Farm, located in Macon County, Ill.
The first phase was completed in fall 2016. More than 80 miles of roads will have been improved as a result of this project at a cost to E.ON of about $20 million.
This investment in the county’s local communities – such as Austin, Moroa, Illini and Hickory Point Townships – is saving local taxpayers money, improving road conditions for drivers, and freeing up money for the county and township governments to use on other important projects to benefit the community, says E.ON.
The second phase of repairs and upgrades will start this week and is scheduled to take approximately eight weeks to complete.
“These upgrades are another important long-term investment and benefit for the community in and around our Radford’s Run project,” states Silvia Ortin, E.ON’s chief operating officer for North America.
Approximately 50 miles of chip seal upgrade and restoration remain and will be completed in this final phase. Once the work is completed, E.ON will have improved approximately 60 miles of chip seal roads, 15 miles of gravel roads and the surface overlay of 6 miles of roads.
E.ON has contracted with White Construction Inc., a Midwest-based firm, to do the road improvements.
