Cooperative Agreement F25AC02534
- The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) was awarded a $3,780,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on August 4, 2023. The grant will fund the construction of a multi-use trail from the Marion High School Sports Complex to Prison Rd. within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The project includes tree removal, earth excavation, riprap, concrete and asphalt...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) was awarded a $160,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction Program (CFDA 20.205) on August 4, 2023. The funding will support the construction of a multi-use trail from the Marion High School Sports Complex to Prison Rd. within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The project includes tree removal, earth excavation, riprap, PCC and HMA trail...
- This $250,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.219 Recreational Trails Program) will fund the construction of approximately 1,400 feet of 10-foot-wide concrete multi-use trail through the proposed TREC Park in Effingham County, Illinois. This project represents the third phase of a looped trail system within the 55-acre TREC Park area. The new trail segment will connect to existing concrete trails, providing walkers, runners,...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation was awarded $250,000 on February 7, 2022 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219). The funding will support the installation of a new 0.5 mile asphalt path and a 60-foot bridge over Outfall Creek, connecting both sides of Lake Jacksonville in Illinois. This project expands an existing 2.0 mile asphalt path around the north side of the lake that the City has already completed....
- This $177,400 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219), will fund engineering services, materials, and labor for trail rehabilitation work along the Squirrel Creek Trail in Illinois. Specifically, the grant will cover design and plans to replace two bridges, removal and replacement of Bridge #7, removal and replacement of four other bridges with culverts, and drainage and trail surface improvements...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation was awarded $250,000 under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on March 23, 2023 by the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. The funding will support completion of Phase 3 of the Giant City - Post Oak Trail Rehabilitation project at Giant City State Park in Illinois. Phase 3 involves replacing three remaining wood deck structures and one viewing deck along the approximately one-third mile accessible hiking trail. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded the Illinois Department of Transportation $731,530.89 on September 15, 2025, under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (CFDA 20.287) for the construction of the Creekside Park Connector Trail and a pedestrian bridge located west of Rueck Road and south of Wilson Drive in Columbia, Illinois. The project scope encompasses earth excavation, soil-cement processing, aggregate base installation, hot mix asphalt...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) received a $1,926,600 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.219 Recreational Trails Program) on September 25, 2023. The grant will fund the construction of approximately 3.5 miles of an 8-foot wide crushed stone looped trail in the Three Oaks Recreation Area. This trail will connect to the existing 26-mile Prairie Trail, providing users access to neighboring cities such as Algonquin and Richmond. Additionally, the...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation received a $7.5 million Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on January 18, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The funding will support construction of a 3.51 mile pedestrian path along Spring Creek Greenway Trail east of Veterans Memorial Tollway in Lockport and Homer Township, Illinois. Specifically, the grant will finance earth excavation, pedestrian tunnels, retaining walls, double box...
- The Illinois Department of Transportation received a $2,029,880 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on July 14, 2022. The funding will support the construction of 5,700 feet of pedestrian concrete sidewalk, pipe culverts, pedestrian truss superstructure abutments, and signing and pavement markings for the Northwest Pedestrian Trail along an abandoned rail line in Carbondale, Illinois. The grant award is provided through the Highway...
THIS PROJECT WILL COMPLETE THE CENTER PORTION OF THE CRAB ORCHARD GREENWAY A CONTINUOUS REGIONAL MULTIMODAL TRAIL ALONG THE ILLINOIS ROUTE 13 IL 13 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MARION AND CARBONDALE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THE FUNDING WILL COMPLETE APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES OF PAVED TRAIL WITHIN THE CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE CONNECTING TO EXISTING TRAIL SEGMENTS THAT BEGIN IN CARBONDALE WEST OF THE REFUGE AND IN MARION EAST OF THE REFUGE. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN UNDERPASS STRUCTURE OF IL ROUTE 148 AND A BRIDGE OVER PIGEON CREEK. THIS GRANT WILL ALSO FUND THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING FOR THE TRAIL AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES.THE OVERALL CRAB ORCHARD GREENWAY TRAIL EXTENDS FOR 20 MILES BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MARION AND CARBONDALE AND INCLUDES 14 MILES OF TRAIL WITHIN THE REFUGE. THE TRAIL WILL PROVIDE RECREATION AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES TO SEVERAL ADJACENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDING MARION HERRIN CRAINVILLE CARTERVILLE AND CARBONDALE IN WILLIAMSON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THE TRAIL WILL DIRECTLY CONNECT THESE COMMUNITIES TO CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WHERE THE MORE THAN 1,000,000 ANNUAL VISITORS COME TO BIKE HIKE CAMP FISH HUNT VIEW WILDLIFE AND MUCH MORE. THE TRAIL WILL BE A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR THE REGION AS WELL AS A CONVENIENT RESOURCE FOR EXERCISE AND RECREATION FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE IL 13 CORRIDOR.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.4m | 9/18/25 |