Road improvement will make getting to school quicker – and safer

TOLONO – Since Unity High School opened nearly 50 years ago, motorists have been able to reach the school only by driving through town and then driving another mile and a half north and east or else driving around a rural section of farmland.

Access to U.S. 45 is blocked by the Illinois Central (now Canadian National) Railroad tracks west of the high school.

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