South Beloit Moves Two Big Projects Forward

Brandon Boggs, engineer with Fehr Graham, the clean-up process is estimated to take 18 months to two years to complete. He said the EPA grant will cover costs for assessment of the property, clean fill and removal of the tanks.

City Administrator Sonya Hoppes said the clean-up work is not expected to begin this year. A contractor for the project has not yet been selected.

South Beloit officials applied for the EPA Brownfield cleanup grant last year. The property is a 1.69 plot of land north of the Dari Ripple ice cream stand and south of Nature at the Confluence. The property, known as the Mannino property, was home to a vehicle service business starting in 1953 and gas pumps were added over the years. The building on the property was razed in 2014.

The city previously had indicated they would like to see the area developed as park land.

Another major project that has been delayed is. the Hayes Avenue sewer line replacement and road repair project. Fisher Excavating was awarded the contract because it provided the lowest bid at $871,201.10. South Beloit received bids from three other companies for the project.

The project will include full reconstruction of Hayes Avenue for the three blocks between Fair Oak Boulevard and Burr Oak Avenue. The project will involve milling of the existing pavement with a two-inch overlay to resurface the street. There also will be replacement of sidewalks in the area.

Hayes Avenue initially was part of road repair plans in 2023, but those plans were delayed because city officials needed to assess sewer lines along Hayes Avenue for possible replacement. City officials determined it would make no sense to resurface the road only to dig it up later to replace sewer lines. The project slated for this year will include both sewer replacement and road resurfacing.

“We have been waiting to get this done for a long time,” said council member Ryan Adleman.

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