Shadow Wood Subdivision’s one-year extension to start construction expires in September
By Charles Bolinger
Editor • Troy City Engineer Tom Cissell presented his latest report to Mayor David Nonn and the city council during its July 6 meeting.
Industrial
AIRCO Warehouse project – the owner/developer told Cissell that he is only proceeding with site grading at this time. When complete, this will be a three-building warehouse on Alarth Drive.
A directional boring company requested to annex 1501 and 1515 Formosa Road and rezone it to industrial. The concept was shared with city council last December and it was approved in 2026. The owner sold right-of-way as part of this development for a future shared-use path. The city bought said right-of-way in March. Cissell said they received questions about putting a solar array on the site in June and city officials replied June 30.
SRS has plans for a large warehouse on Formosa Road. The company sells building supplies. The latest update is that the owner is working on the final plat now and city official answered related questions on May 27. They still owe the city fencing and landscaping details.
United Technical is currently under a building expansion and adding a parking lot to the east.
Woods Basement is selecting an architect for its building design for a facility in Plummer Industrial Park.
Residential
Troy officials received a geotechnical recommendation on June 23 that slowed work at the Belle Rose project on the site of the former RP Lumber Yard just southwest of downtown Troy. When finished, it will be a 14-building/60-unit multi-family development under the city’s planned unit development (PUD) ordinance.
Water and sewer are installed and rough grading along with storm sewers are complete. The slow down occurred after city officials found a pipe under the western detention pond that required the developer to present a design change for approval. The developer, TWM, provided plans that state the detention pond will not have to be redesigned and it submitted “as-built” plans to confirm that. Now that the geotechnical recommendation is in, work should begin soon at the site, at the southwest corner of South Washington and West Center streets.
Hampton Glen Villas – when complete, this project will add 10 single-family villas to the city’s housing roster. Each villa will have three bedrooms and two baths and comprise about 2,700-square feet. The lone street in the development will be a cul-de-sac that links to Country Lane, east of Troy-O’Fallon Road. Cissell said he and his department received revised plans to review on June 22 and they planned to review them during the week of July 6.
Notable: Troy’s City Council approved a one-year extension for the third phase of the Shadow Wood Subdivision, just east of Triad High School, last September. To date, construction has not begun.
Stonebriar Subdivision – Troy officials returned revised preliminary plat comments to developer Cade Osborn on May 29; Troy officials received a reply on June 29 and will review them during the week of July 6.
Roads/Trails/Shared-use Paths
Bouse Road, Phase 1
There was a public meeting on July 8 about this part of the project, which will reconstruct two sections of Bouse from oil-’n-chip to 30-foot-wide concrete streets with new curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Phase one will run from Chamberlain Road to a point east of Tramore. There will be a shared-use path installed along the north side of the project. City officials have a preliminary road plan that they presented to nearby residents on July 8.
Bouse Road, Phase 2
It will do the same as phase one but from a point east of Tramore to Formosa roads. This project will begin in August.
Work continues on adding an intersection at US 40 and Creekside Drive. Cissell said the latest is that he and his department plan to submit a revised intersection design study to IDOT during the week of July 6. IDOT approved a traffic study on June 5. IDOT required a surety bone for the access road construction.
The Forum – while construction on a two-story, independent living center continues, Cissell’s department has been working with the owner on a shared-use path agreement that will run down the west side of SrA Brad Smith Blvd and connect to the Jarvis Township Yard, which is south of the Forum project. Cissell said they are applying for a $100,000 Agency for Community Transit Community Action Plan Grant for the path.
Old Troy Road and Route 162 Roundabout
Troy’s first roundabout is slated for a November bid letting with construction to happen in summer of 2027.
Riggin Road between Zenk and Bouse roads – the next step is to work on easement and right-of-way negotiations. DJ Howard will perform the right-of-way appraisals and they should be done in early August.
Spc Patrick McDill Road – city officials are addressing IDOT comments on an intersection design study, which will be submitted to IDOT during the week of July 6. When complete, this will be an 800-foot-long road on the south side of US 40 where it intersects Creekside Drive.
Notable: the extension study for SrA Brad Smith Blvd will resume sometime during this fiscal year to extend southward from Collinsville Road to US 40.
Triad High School Trail Connector – this project was not recommended for funding from the Safe Routes to School Grant the city applied for last October. Triad School recently submitted a Madison County Transit School Connector grant to do this project. It would reach from the high school campus to US 40 and tie in with Phase 4 of the Silver Creek Trail, which will end at Bethany Lane.
Troy-O’Fallon Shared-use path extension Phase 2 was not approved for funding because part of Bouse Road received funding. The city could only get one project approved.
PASER/City projects
Ash, Charcoal and Webster streets from Market to Center streets. The design work is 75% complete and water main work will start in early August or early September.
Oak Street Sidewalk between Main and Washington streets is in the designed phase and should be complete in August.
Sarah Street between Collinsville Road and Wickliffe Street: the preliminary design is in progress.
Wickliffe Street construction – this road between Sarah and Market streets will be constructed this summer; the lowest bid was approved at the July 6 city council meeting.
There is another plan to replace the sidewalks along Market Street between Hickory and Dewey streets. It includes new curbs, too. There will be a temporary construction meeting negotiation in July and the bid letting should happen in November.
Business District/TIF Projects
The bids for the parking lot at 107 N. Main St. were approved at the July 6 city council meeting. A 25-space parking lot will rise on the site of a former two-story house.
The downtown streetscape plan will start in late summer or autumn. Ameren will bury power lines along Market Street west of Main Street. Final plans were sent to IDOT on June 30 and Cissell hopes they’ll be approved this month. An August bid opening is targeted.
Water and Sewer Projects
Before the next phase of the Silver Creek Trail can be extended eastward, the water main beneath Cheshire and Bethany must be replaced. The original two-inch water main will be replaced with an eight-inch one. City officials are coordinating work with AT&T. City officials received an IEPA construction permit on this water main as well.
Troy officials are 90% completed with the South Washington Water Main from the Belle Rose Development to South Main Street to provide a pressure loop and upgrade an antiquated and undersized four-inch water main. The new main is operational.
The Sr. Airman Brad Smith Blvd water main will be extended into the Jarvis Township Yard to make salt brine and for future development. The city is ready to formalize easement acquisition with the township for a future shared-use path that will run north along the west side of the road and pass The Forum.
Completed projects
Kimberlin storm water detention pond is substantially complete. It should help control flooding along Kimberlin Drive. The final walkthrough was scheduled for July 16.
Zenk Road’s reconstruction between Oakwood to Redbud is substantially complete and the minor items were identified during a final walkthrough meeting in June. The road went from an oil-’n-chip food road to a 30-foot-wide asphalt street with new curbs and gutters.
Charter Street is substantially complete as of June. The street has new v-gutters.
