A high-volume intersection in Farmer City will be repaved thanks to a grant from the State of Illinois.

On the WHOW Morning Show Tuesday, City Manager for the City of Farmer City, Taylor Baxter, told the Hart Media Group, the grant for roughly $750,000 was highly competitive, and he was very excited Friday afternoon when he received the notice they were awarded the funding.

According to Baxter, the intersection of Plum and Route 150 in Farmer City is heavily trafficked - especially by heavy machinery and has natural wear and tear that needs to be addressed.

Baxter speculates one of the reasons they potentially received the grant was because it is a State Highway, but also because the project was nearly ready to go from a planning perspective.

Baxter anticipates the work getting started in the spring. The Farmer City City Council was made aware of the grant at its Monday meeting.