The Village of Brookfield has secured a $190,000 grant to fund engineering work for a major street improvement project on Brookfield Avenue.
The Invest in Cook County grant program awarded the funding for phase one and two engineering toward rebuilding a half-mile stretch of Brookfield Avenue between Maple and Prairie avenues, which runs parallel to the BNSF/Metra railroad tracks. Village Manager Timothy Wiberg announced the award Monday.
The project will include new roadways, curb gutters, sidewalk improvements and new street lighting designed to match infrastructure improvements made elsewhere in the village.
“We’ve already lined up funding for the actual construction,” Wiberg said. “So, we are hopeful and have every reason to believe we’ll be getting that grant funding.”
Once the engineering phase is complete, the village expects to move forward with construction using federal Surface Transportation Program funding that has already been secured.
The village worked with Westchester-based Hancock Engineering on the county grant application. “As usual, we’ll get 80% of it paid for by outside sources. The village will be paying 20% of those costs,” Wiberg said.
The project represents the latest in a series of street and infrastructure improvements the village has undertaken in recent years. Similar projects have included new street lighting, sidewalk work and utility upgrades across Brookfield.
No timeline for construction has been announced. The village said it received word of the grant award last week.
Brookfield is among 36 recipients of funds awarded through the 2026 Invest in Cook grant program. The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways distributed nearly $8.3 million among the recipients to fund three transit, nine bicycle, 12 pedestrian and 12 road projects. The grants are expected to leverage an additional $19 million from other sources.
This is the 10th year Invest in Cook grant funding has been awarded for transportation-related projects. Since the program’s inception, nearly $81 million in grants have been distributed to 346 projects throughout Cook County, enabling $223.5 million in total project activity.
The Surface Transportation Program is a federally funded program that supports highways and bridges, transit capital improvements and projects, as well as bike and pedestrian projects.