Chester facilities get state funds

Infrastructure improvements at two Chester facilities will be covered by state funds.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced $4.4 million Thursday to replace the roofing system at Chester Mental Health Center and to construct a cold storage building at Menard Correctional Center in Chester.

The money comes from the Illinois Jobs Now! construction program.

Both projects will be managed by the Illinois Capital Development Board.

The $1,266,950 Menard Correctional Center project involves constructing a new, 10,000 square foot pre-engineered cold storage structure adjacent to an existing warehouse.

The successful bidders include general construction, Fager-McGee Commercial Construction, Inc. of Murphysboro, $1,158,000; and electrical, M.C. Electric, Inc. of Red Bud, $108,950. This latest efficient replacement at Menard Correctional Center (MCC) joins the more than 70% of all buildings there which are not original (1878) construction.

The roofing system at the Chester Mental Health Center, a Department of Human Services facility, will be replaced for $3,221,339 by Joiner Sheet Metal & Roofing, Inc. of Greenville.

-- The Southern

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Chester facilities get state funds