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Projects in Peru, Illinois

Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by Peru is $98,698,000

Description City State Jobs Cost Program Type Vote Ratio
Construction of new roadway to extend Wenzel Road in to Peru's northern Commercial and Industrial area. Will provide route to relieve traffic in residential area. Peru IL 289 $10,323,000 Streets/Roads -10
Extend municipal water and sewer to open up new development area along Plank Rd. and north of Plank Rd. Peru IL 43 $1,540,000 Water -3
Construct drying beds at sanitary sewer plant. Peru IL 16 $560,000 Water -7
Addition of a second powerhouse on the north side of the existing Starved Rock Lock & Dam. Peru IL 560 $20,000,000 CDBG 3
Construct a high voltage interconnects between Peru and Princeton to provide a more reliable electric power network between the two communities. Peru IL 434 $15,550,000 CDBG -12
Divide the large combined sewer area into two smaller sub areas to afford relief. Peru IL 200 $7,150,000 CDBG -4
Reliever system for Marquette St. sanitary trunk sewer system will take the excess flow and divert it around the trunk line and discharge back to the system downstream where the sewers can handle the flow. Peru IL 23 $825,000 CDBG 5
Proposed headend provides the department with necessary communications links to satellite signals and relays them to the broadband network for distribution to the community. A telecommunications infrastructure will help stimulate economic and commercial Peru IL 21 $750,000 CDBG -2
Peru natural gas turbine generation. Replace 50 MW of primary peak electric generating capability of its existing generation with a natural gas turbine. Peru IL 1064 $38,000,000 Energy -9
Wind turbine ganeration. Replace 2.5 MW of electric generating capacity of its oil and coal generating with a wind turbine. Peru IL 114 $4,000,000 Energy 13