About four million dollars in state grants will help infrastructure improvement projects in LaSalle, Bureau, and Grundy Counties. LaSalle County is receiving about 1.9 million to build a Soldier Pile Wall to help stop slope failure and future flooding in the Peru Township.
Ottawa St. Rep Lance Yednock says flooding is a common problem in the area and improving infrastructure in LaSalle County can prevent the negative effects of flooding which benefits the district.
The city of Spring Valley is also receiving about $343,000 for sewer improvements. In Grundy County, the city of Morris is receiving exactly two million for industrial park roadway construction.