Champaign City Council will hear a presentation on all three projects at its 7 p.m. study session tonight, and city staff are seeking input from both elected officials and the public on the proposed concepts.
The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the project from 4 to 6 p.m. tonight at Parkland College's Building U Atrium, 2400 W. Bradley Ave.
Traffic delays expected
Company officials said Rockford Structures will employ local subcontractors and start right away, “with anticipated delivery to the marketplace in the spring of 2025.”
IDOT says the roadwork should be completed prior to Black Friday, which falls on Nov. 29.
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"If the City is required to return a portion of the funds to the Federal Government, it is possible that other priorities may have to be shifted in the future to provide the higher level of maintenance that will be required for this section of road."
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The proposed $498,970 contract states that the district is looking to enhance "multimodal accommodations" along Parkland Way from Perimeter Road to Mattis Avenue, provide connections to existing trails in the area and bring the road up to the city's "collector street standards."
Starting on Aug. 28, County Road 400 North will be closed from County Road 2600 East to 2700 East as crews work on a bridge over a stream of the Little Vermilion Sub Two Ditch.
"This was a project that was really sought after by a lot of the neighborhood groups and our residents in both Lincolnshire Fields and the residents that use that bridge every day."
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Illinois State Police have requested that drivers seek an alternative route if traveling in the area.
The scofflaws will be required to appear before a judge who will set the total fine.
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Illinois 130 in Philo will be closed Tuesday as Norfolk Southern works to replace a railroad crossing north of Washington Street.
The stretch of I-74 that passes through Champaign-Urbana will be subject to a study that could result in additional lanes and bridge replacements.
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'Will it be blacktopped soon?'
'It’s frightening when there are pedestrians or bicycles on the bridge and you can’t see until you come to the top of the bridge. You can’t see what’s on the other side.'
“The project will upgrade the mix of mostly oil-and-chip streets to reinforced concrete to accommodate the semi-truck traffic delivering raw materials for production,” Wagoner said.
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The city's 2024 Asphalt Street Improvement Project includes Green Street, John Street, Duncan Road and more.
The intersection of High Cross Road and Airport Road closed at 8 a.m. Monday so that a new culvert could be installed.
Motorists traveling north through Danville on Gilbert Street, crossing Memorial Bridge, will be down to one lane with roadway work expected to start on Monday.
As part of the $15.6 million project, IDOT is proposing to convert the Bradley-to-Springfield avenues stretch of Prospect — currently at four lanes, each about 9 to 10 feet wide — into two 11-foot-wide lanes, one in each direction, and one 10-foot wide middle turn lane.
IDOT's plans for the road include widening, resurfacing, intersection improvements and traffic signal modernization.
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