A brand new Belvidere relaxation space alongside I-90 caters to commuters and truckers coming by means of the Stateline.
BELVIDERE (WREX) – Interstate-90 commuters will quickly have a brand new place to cease and seize a chunk.
After two lengthy years the plans to construct a Belvidere journey middle on a 43 acre plot of east of Tripp Highway, has lastly develop into a actuality.
The remainder space will embrace a fuel station and a 12,000 sq. foot comfort retailer with a Smoothie King, Wingstop, and a Jimmy Johns.
The middle will even cater to truckers with 63 parking areas and showers.
And a midsize lodge with about 80 to 100 rooms hopes to draw vacationers and executives alike.
“The motels additionally good for our company entities. Normal Mills, Magna, Stellantis, loads of them once they have conferences or restructuring or trainings, their greater ups fly into the world, keep at a lodge, do what they should do on website and go away, so it will permit them to remain nearer to their places,” says Gina DelRose, Neighborhood Growth Planner for town of Belvidere.
The brand new connection to the freeway additionally goals to make close by vacant tons extra inviting for future development initiatives.
“There’s nonetheless some vacant tons within the Company Industrial Park and hopefully now as a substitute of the vehicles going up Crystal to twenty and all the way down to Genoa that they get straight entry to the interchange, it will make these vacant tons that rather more fascinating to get improvement,” explains DelRose.
Building hasn’t began but, however Belvidere metropolis leaders are excited to have a brand new vacation spot for folks touring by means of the Stateline.
