Champaign, MTD work on child care facility downtown

CHAMPAIGN – The city and the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District are working together on plans to expand Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign to include a "park and ride" child care facility.

Plans are still in an early stage, but the MTD board is expected to approve Wednesday using up to $300,000 in mostly federal funds to hire an architectural firm to begin preliminary planning on the project. Those plans would be due in February.

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