Public works departments in Kendall County are busy trying to get fall road construction and street improvement projects completed. (Photo village of Montgomery)

As summer winds down, some Kendall County communities are gearing up for fall road projects.

Here are some upcoming local projects:

subhed: Montgomery

The village’s $431,753 Mill Street Bridge rehabilitation project is expected to wrap up by the projected Friday, Oct. 16, completion date, said Todd Hoppenstedt, the village’s public works director. MYS, Inc., has been working since August on bridge repairs and painting.

Mill Street remains closed from River Street to IL Route 25. Traffic is being detoured via the Ashland Avenue Bridge to the north.

Also, a residential road repaving project is underway, he said.

Ridgemont Court, Red Fox Run, Lafayette Street and Sherman Avenue will be repaved. The project also entails some curb and gutter and sidewalk replacement, he added.

The work is expected to be completed by the end of the month and will have no significant impact on traffic.

Geneva Construction was awarded a $249,555 contract to perform the work. The project will be paid for out of Motor Fuel Tax funds, Hoppenstedt said.

subhed: Oswego

The village has two road resurfacing projects and a water main project on tap.

“They’re rather small but important nonetheless,” Public Works Director Jennifer Hughes said of the resurfacing projects.

Washington Street will be resurfaced from U.S. 34 to the roadwork on IL Route 71. Harvey Road will be resurfaced from U.S. 30 to Wolf’s Crossing Road. Work on both projects is expected to begin either this week or the next and last less than a month, Hughes  said.

“They’re going to be done very quickly,” she added.

Motorists should expect some delays because flaggers will be out, Hughes said.

The cost of the Washington Street work is about $262,000, while the Harvey Road project’s price tag is about $420,000, she said. The majority of both projects will be federally funded because both roads are former state highways, she added. The village will cover 28 percent of the cost of each project.

In addition, a water main replacement project is scheduled to take place this fall in anticipation of the U.S. 34 widening project scheduled for spring 2016, Hughes said.

Water mains will be replaced along the sides of U.S. 34 from Orchard Road to the western village limits, she said.

Hughes did not yet have timeline for the work. The $200,000 project will be funded by the village.

Flaggers may be necessary, but this project should not have a significant impact on traffic, she added.

subhed: Yorkville

Somonauk Street between Bridge and King streets will be closed starting this week as part of the third stage of roadwork in the area. The closure will last the remainder of the project that’s scheduled for completion in early to mid-November, said Eric Dhuse, Yorkville public works director.

Motorists traveling from IL Route 47 can access Somonauk Street from West Center and King streets, he said.

This stretch of Somonauk Street is being reconstructed, as well as lowered to accommodate the installation of curbs and gutters, sidewalks and an 8-foot-wide walking and biking path, Dhuse said.

subhed: Kendall County

Aside from some road restriping and a culvert project, all county road construction projects for 2015 have been completed, according to the Kendall County Highway Department.

— Summer’s over, but it’s still road construction season —