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William Ingalls is an Anchor and Investigative Reporter for 13 WREX. He joined the station in June 2019 and graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Journalism and English.
A three million dollar project in Rockford won’t need a dime of taxpayer money to improve one of the city’s busiest roads
ROCKFORD — East State Street is already one of the most heavily traveled roads in the entire Stateline, but a major project will add tens of thousands more cars every year.
The Hard Rock Casino’s permanent location opens up on Labor Day of 2024 just off the highway on East State Street. Now, the casino and city want to make sure the road is ready for the extra traffic. The solution is a three-million-dollar project to widen the road and make other improvements on East State Street between the highway and the casino entrance.
The changes will mainly focus on widening parts of the road and making turn lanes longer so normal traffic doesn’t get backed up. Rockford Engineer, Tim Hinkens says there will also be changes to the light at the highway exit ramp and East State Street. People who are turning left off the highway will notice shorter wait times and longer green lights after construction is done in the summer. Hinkens added multi-use paths and lighting will be expanded in the area as well.
The three-million-dollar price tag isn’t small, but Rockford and taxpayers won’t be on the hook for any of it according to Hinkens. Illinois grant funding will fund two-million-dollars of the project and Hard Rock will cover the rest of the costs for construction.
Hinkens says construction will start as soon as winter weather rolls by and will be done before the casino opens in September.
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The Hard Rock Casino presented a check to the Veterans Drop-In Center as a donation. 
Anchor & Investigative Reporter

William Ingalls is an Anchor and Investigative Reporter for 13 WREX. He joined the station in June 2019 and graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Journalism and English.
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