Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on road and bridge work planned for the Bureau County area during the next five years.

PERU — The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) held a meeting this week to look for public input on the road and bridge projects planned for the next six years.

IDOT’s District 3 encompasses Bureau and eight other counties in East Central Illinois. All together, there are 1,691 miles of highways, 773 bridges and 10.9 million vehicle miles of travel daily in the district.