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Work to close section of Neil Street
CHAMPAIGN — Both lanes of Neil Street will be closed in downtown Champaign for about a week while fire and water services are being connected to the new Hyatt Place development at 217 N. Neil St.
Neil Street will be closed between Church Street and Park Avenue beginning Tuesday. Southbound traffic on Neil Street will be directed both east and west at Church Street.
Part of Winchester in Champaign to be closed for pavement fixes
CHAMPAIGN — A portion of Winchester Drive in south Champaign will be closed this week while a portion of pavement is repaired.
In order to complete a large pavement repair at 1802 Winchester Drive, Feutz Contractors will close Winchester between Broadmoor and Brookhaven drives at 7 a.m. Monday. Weather permitting, it will reopen at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Closing of Bloomington airport tower delayed
BLOOMINGTON — The air traffic control tower at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington will remain open longer than previously thought.
Officials at the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority received word Friday afternoon that the Federal Aviation Administration will delay the closure of the air traffic control tower in Bloomington until June 15.
Bridge work to close I-57 on three nights
CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Thursday that work on the bridge carrying Windsor Road over Interstate 57 will require closures on I-57 three nights next week for the partial removal of the old bridge.
The closures on I-57 will begin at 10 p.m. on April 9, 10 and 11, and the interstate will be reopened the following mornings by 6 a.m.
Century of transportation in Champaign-Urbana on display at Illinois Terminal
CHAMPAIGN — Crisp and clear, the past is here.
On the walls of the Illinois Terminal are displayed a downtown Champaign not seen for decades.
Looking west on Main Street, there's Vriner's confectionary, the old Champaign Daily News and, looming over the background, the only recently lost Metropolitan Building.
Students aim for 100 mpg
URBANA — It's quite an accomplishment to build a vehicle that can achieve 2,000 miles per gallon, but would your average driver want to drive that futuristic car down Green Street?
Fiscal worries force MTD to mull fare hike
CHAMPAIGN — With uncertainty over state funding, health care costs and proposed service changes, members of the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District board face their toughest budget decisions in many years.
Southwest MTD could hold final meeting in June
CHAMPAIGN — After nearly 6 1/2 years in business, the board of the Champaign Southwest Mass Transit District Tuesday voted to ask its attorney to investigate the process of terminating its existence.
The final meeting of the board could occur as soon as June 18.
Sewer line collapse causes 3-foot sinkhole in Champaign
CHAMPAIGN — Barricades have been placed around a sinkhole that developed Tuesday afternoon in downtown Champaign.
Kris Koester, administrative services supervisor for Champaign public works, said a storm sewer line collapsed at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, causing everything above the line, including part of the intersection of Church and State streets, to sink down.
Gifford may buy school buses
GIFFORD — The school board is leaning toward buying school buses rather than leasing them for next school year.
The board directed Superintendent Rod Grimsley at its meeting this week to get prices for three used buses to buy. The formal decision whether to buy the buses would be made at the April meeting.
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