Dixie Highway Viaduct on IDOT’s Radar

HOMEWOOD, IL - Alleviating the flooding on the Dixie Highway viaduct in Homewood is on the Illinois Department of Transportation’s radar, but a final solution could still be years away. IDOT has the improvements on the viaduct in its 2017-2022 program but the first study on it isn’t expected to be completed until 2018, according to a report from the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. They are in the process of initiating the first phase of the study to explore possible solutions.

The viaduct was closed for hours during a storm on Feb. 28 which left at least one car stalled at the location due to flooding. A 2004 study on the location called for either a 10-year design or 50-year design. The cost for a 50-year design standard would be about $850,000 and the project would only begin if funding becomes available.

Several residents have voiced concern over the flooding problem there over the years.

"If we're really trying to develop downtown Homewood, when there's a bad rainstorm no one can get there," Homewood resident Sue Pulaski said during a recent public hearing about a proposed downtown TIF district.

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