Kankakee County signs engineering agreements on bridge replacements

The Kankakee County Board took some of the early steps in getting four bridges around the county replaced on Tuesday, signing engineering agreements with Gonzalez Companies, and Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick for the design phase.

The Kankakee County Board took some of the early steps in getting four bridges around the county replaced on Tuesday, signing engineering agreements with Gonzalez Companies, and Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick for the design phase. Gonzalez Companies will be designing two replacement bridges on County Highway 53 in St. Anne and Pembroke Townships, east of St. Anne, at a cost of $149,862. Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick will be designing a bridge replacement on County Highway 54 in Ganeer Township for $85,660 and another on County Highway 44 in Bourbonnais Township for the same cost of $85,660.

The funding for the work on Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick’s projects will come out of the motor fuel tax fund, while the funding for the Gonzalez Companies project will come out of the county bridge fund.