Drivers in Mt. Carmel will have to wait even longer for the state to repave 9th Street. Mayor Joe Judge had said repaving work would begin when the state’s new fiscal year starts in July. But that timetable has now been revised…

And that “sidewalk stuff” the mayor referred to entails completely redoing 34 sidewalk entrances off of 9th Street between Cherry Street and the First National Bank. Those sidewalks will have to be completed before the state will begin repaving the street according to Judge. The state’s fiscal year starts in July and that’s when Judge says bids for the project will sought from contractors. The work is expected to one of the costliest road projects during the next fiscal year in southern Illinois.

Judge: Could Be Another Year Before 9th Street Repaving Starts

Chandler Madden