The newly constructed Litchfield Road south of Carlinville will be officially opened with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday at 10:00am

The opening of the new portion of Litchfield Road follows a near $2 million construction project that added approximately 2.5 miles of road and is designed to sustain 80,000 pound load trucks.

Macoupin County was able to access more than $1.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment funds and Surface Transportation Rural funds to complete the project.