IDOT Grant Awarded for 9000 North Gotion Improvements

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that Kankakee County has been awarded $2.9 million to rebuild 9000 North Road to help connect to the new Gotion factory planned in Manteno. The grant is the largest ever through IDOT’s Economic Development Program.  The investment from IDOT will assist the county in the $9.6 million reconstruction of Kankakee County Highway 9 from just east of 45/52 to just east of Spruce Street. The project consists of building one lane in each direction with a center turn lane, and a traffic signal at Spruce Street, a shared bicycle and pedestrian path will be included as well.  The work is likely to begin next spring.   In September, Gov. Pritzker announced that Gotion after a nationwide search had picked Manteno for a new, state-of-the-art $2 billion electric vehicle lithium battery manufacturing plant, bringing 2,600 new jobs to the region.