The City of Peoria is gearing up for a $10 million upgrade to Moss Avenue.
“As we started to look at the condition of many of our roads, Moss came to the top of the list as one that we needed to address,” City Manager Patrick Urich said of the historic stretch between Western Avenue to Sheridan Road.
Work during the two-year project will include Illinois American Water replacing a water main that dates back more than a century, along with pavement upgrades and replacement of sidewalk ramps.
“It is not only a residential street, but it's a collector street. So you do have people that are driving along Moss that are either coming from downtown or up from the South Side and going points north. So it's time for this work to go forward.”
The public works department will hold an informational public meeting on the Moss Avenue reconstruction at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1420 W. Moss Ave.
Attendees will be able to learn more about the project, view exhibits and maps, and speak with representatives from the city and the project team.
One-way/two-way conversion
Elsewhere, work is expected to resume March 3 on the three-year, $19 million reconfiguration to restore Adams Street and Jefferson Avenue to two-way traffic through downtown Peoria.
“I think we're on track with where we knew that we would be. It's a two-year process to get the intersections completed, and then all of the pavement work will be done after that,” said Urich.
The primary focus this year will be upgrading the intersection corners along Jefferson with bump-outs to shorten pedestrian crossings. Drivers should expect traffic pattern shifts and parking restrictions while the construction is underway.
Once completed, the roadways will have one lane of traffic in each direction, a bidirectional center turn lane, added bike lanes, and upgraded traffic signals.
The project is targeted for completion by the summer of 2026.
