Bouse Road construction meeting penciled in for July 17
By Charles Bolinger
Editor • As summer rolls on, City Engineer Tom Cissell and Troy’s public works department stay busy. Bouse Road residents and neighbors should note July 17 in their calendars. That is the tentative date for a public meeting at Father McGivney Catholic High School regarding all of the planned improvements for the road between Chamberlain Drive to Formosa Road.
In other Troy infrastructure news:
Industrial
AIRCO Warehouse Facility – comments on the preliminary site plan were reviewed on May 19 and returned on June 11. When complete, this will be a three-building warehouse on Alarth Drive.
SRS Site Plan – SRS sells building supplies and wants to build a large warehouse on Formosa Road. The company’s owner is working on the final plat.
Woods Basement Systems – The company is selecting architects for its building design. The company wants to build a facility in Plummer Industrial Park.
Streets
Creekside/US 40 Traffic Study – IDOT approved the city’s traffic study on June 5 and city officials are now working on a revised intersection design study.
Spc. Patrick McDill Road – the scope of work here is to build an 800-foot-long road and intersection on the south side of US 40 across from Creekside Drive. Troy officials received an approved traffic study on June 9 and they are answering IDOT’s comments on the intersection design study.
Riggin Road between Zenk and Bouse roads – Troy officials received an approved project development report on this project on June 9. Cissell said the next step is to work on the easement and right-of-way negotiations.
Roundabout at Old Troy Road and Route 162 – Cissell said he and City Administrator Jay Keeven met with First Baptist Church of Maryville officials on June 9 and worked through all of the remaining issues. With the church’s right-of-way negotiation mostly complete, the city has tentative agreements with all of the other property owners. The project has a targeted bid letting date of November for a summer 2027 construction period.
Sidewalks/shared-use paths
Triad High School Trail Connector – this, if approved, would tie into the fourth phase of the Silver Creek Trail’s expansion eastward from Henning Elementary School. Triad’s connectors would cross US 40 and Bethany Lane from the Triad High School’s entrance. Troy officials submitted a $250,000 Safe Routes to School application last year for this project but it ultimately was not recommended for funding. As an alternate approach, Triad School District will submit a Madison County Transit (MCT) School Connector grant in July to complete the work.
Troy-O’Fallon Sidewalk Extension – the plan here is to build an eight-foot-wide sidewalk from Turtle Creek Drive on the west side of the road and extend it south to Country Lane. In this first phase, the city received a transportation alternative program grant to bring the sidewalk to Meadowbrook/Fairoaks Drive. Madison County approved a crosswalk location at Fairoaks and they want to lower the speed limit on Troy-O’Fallon. Troy approved a joint funding agreement for design work on June 1 and it was forwarded to IDOT for processing. The city hopes for a summer 2027 construction period.
Residential
Cade Osborn, the developer of Stonebriar Subdivision, provided a preliminary plan on March 30. City officials returned it with comments to Osborn on May 29.
The stormwater retention pond on Kimberlin Road remains under construction as JH Contracting has been doing earthwork at the site. The pond is on an outlot that is part of the new Harvest Pointe subdivision to reduce flooding on Kimberlin.
Business District/TIF projects
Parking lot at 107 N. Main St. The parking lot plan is complete and scheduled for a July 2 bid opening. When finished, there will be 25 new parking spaces for people to use when in downtown Troy to shop, dine and to attend future First Friday events.
There are also Americans with Disabilities Accessible (ADA) streetscape and sidewalk lighting upgrades coming to Market from Washington to Main streets. Construction is planned for late summer or fall. Ameren will charge the city $242,000 to bury power lines. Pre-final plans were submitted to the city and IDOT on May 7; preliminary comments came back on May 12. The city submitted initial questions to IDOT on May 18. To date, Troy officials have obtained three of the required easements with one more promised to sign and two meetings scheduled on June 19.
Market Street sidewalks between Hickory and Dewey streets – this work will involve replacing curbs and sidewalks. In March, IDOT asked Cissell to meet with all of the property owners to discuss their driveways. On June 9, IDOT sent an approved project development report. The next step is to set up easement negotiations.
PASER work for 2026-2027
Wickliffe Street Construction is scheduled for a June 25 bid opening.
Sarah Street between Collinsville Road and Wickliffe is in the preliminary design phase.
Oak Street Sidewalks between Main and Washington remain in design work/
Work on Ash, Charcoal and Webster streets from Market to Center streets is 75% done; water main work is scheduled to start in July or August.
Water/sewer projects
Troy continues to coordinate with AT&T on a project that will replace an old, two-inch water main along US 40 from Cheshire to Bethany Drive. The new water main will be eight inches in diameter and this work must be completed before work can begin on extending the Silver Creek Trail east to Bethany Drive.
South Washington Water Main – this work will upgrade the water main beneath South Washington from the new Belle Rose Development to South Main Street. It will provide a pressurized loop while at the same time replace an aging and undersized four-inch water main. Cissell reports the new main should be operational at the end of June or at the beginning of July.
Completed project
Zenk Road phase two between Oakwood Drive and Redbud Lane – it started May 1 and wrapped on June 17. This stretch of road was transformed from an oil-’n-chip road to a 30-foot-wide asphalt street with new curbs and gutters using community development block grant funds. In this case $286,000 came from Madison County for the work while the bid was $274,445 earlier this year.
