DeKalb County bridge and highway work
Pipeline loops, highway widening, bridges, and drainage projects can divide farmland or reduce the value of developed property. Cacciatore Law Group helps DeKalb County owners understand the taking and build a case for the full impact.
Why owners contact us
DeKalb County projects affect industrial corridors, homes, farms, development land, and rail-related property. Cacciatore Law Group represents the owner and looks beyond a generic per-acre or frontage calculation. Drainage tile, access, parcel division, easement limits, soil, improvements, zoning, and future development can all influence what the project costs the property owner.
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A bridge can bring approach widening and ditches. A pipeline can bring permanent easements, temporary workspace, access, and restoration obligations. Owners should review the complete acquisition package and identify how each requested right affects current use and future value.
Active projects and owner concerns
The County’s construction bulletins, bridge page, and 2026 improvement program distinguish active work from projects still moving through design and acquisition.
Under construction through 2026
The two-year project runs north of Illinois Route 64 toward Freed Road in Sycamore. It replaces the existing bridge with a wider three-span structure and includes roadway widening, pavement work, ditch grading, and guardrail. Completion is projected in fall 2026.
The combination of bridge, roadway, and ditch work can affect access, frontage, drainage, and the remaining depth of nearby property.
Engineering, acquisition, and programmed construction
The County’s 2026 progress report identifies a roundabout at Plank and Lindgren with engineering complete, land acquisition underway, and construction programmed for 2026.
A rural roundabout can require a broader corner footprint, reshape farm access, and create remnants that are harder to use efficiently.
FERC application filed in July 2026
DeKalb County is part of both proposed Illinois pipeline loops. Guardian proposes about 42.6 miles in Kendall and DeKalb Counties and about 25.5 miles in DeKalb and McHenry Counties, plus modifications at the existing Sycamore Compressor Station. Construction is proposed for September 2027, subject to approvals.
DeKalb owners may face survey, easement, temporary workspace, access, drainage, crop, restoration, and compensation issues. Because both loops and station work touch the county, the current route and exact property rights should be confirmed for each parcel.
Project information checked against the linked public sources on August 18, 2026. Schedules, acquisition limits, and designs can change.
Project and agency sources
Counsel is available in DeKalb, Sycamore, Sandwich, Genoa, Cortland, Hinckley, Kirkland, Malta, and other DeKalb County communities.
Other Illinois service areas
Before you sign
The documents should be evaluated as a single acquisition package, with attention to both the land requested and the property that remains.
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