The Bloomington Road bridge over I-57 and the Mattis Avenue bridges over I-74 and I-57 are being rebuilt and lengthened to make room for longer ramps onto what will be a new interchange.
The Sidney Slab from Illinois 130 on the west and the village on the east will be getting a new asphalt overlay, rumble strips, wider shoulders and reshaped ditches.
This is the third installment so far to local counties, municipalities and townships, and a total of $1.5 billion will eventually be spent.
TILTON — A bridge over Interstate 74 in Tilton is set to be replaced this year, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
CHAMPAIGN — Construction is set to begin as soon as next month on the long-awaited improvements to a busy section of St. Mary’s Road.
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ARCOLA — One of Arcola’s free spirits who did a great deal to preserve the community’s history will be remembered in a ceremony today.
The bridge carries Sycamore Street (Illinois 130) across the Embarras River. Work commenced in early March.
URBANA — Improvements to the highway commonly referred to as the Philo-Tolono Slab in south-central Champaign County are coming within the next couple of years.
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Urbana’s city council will vote Monday on changing the name of Plantation Point after six of the 13 homeowners on the street petitioned the city to do so.
At its meeting Tuesday, the city council approved expanding the eligibility list for Champaign's COVID Small Business Grant program.
Champaign's city council will vote tonight on contracts to demolish 18 properties in Garden Hills, one of the first steps of several toward addressing the Champaign neighborhood’s longstanding flooding issues.
Dennis Schmidt, 68, has been the director since 2004 and previously worked for the city as an assistant city engineer and for the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District.
How has COVID-19 affected Champaign’s plans?
What construction projects are on the schedule?
Why is the road closed?
Road construction in Champaign, loss of Cardinals games for DISH Network subscribers, history of round barns, whether the Illinois women’s basketball team might return to Huff, potential airline for Willard Airport, pedestrian improvements outside of Memorial Stadium, more on Champaign’s now-silent weather radio station, interstate highway rest areas, Tuscola outlet mall and a not quite complete walking trail at Carle at the Fields.
In orders entered in two cases Thursday, Judge Tom Difanis gave Champaign-based The Atkins Group and the state of Illinois a 'preliminary just compensation' figure for two parcels of land that IDOT wants from Atkins for the rebuilding of the old cloverleaf exit.
URBANA — West Park Street between North Wright and North Romine streets in Urbana will be closed to through traffic Jan. 6-7 for a project at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, weather permitting.
To put it bluntly, 'there is none,' said Stacey DeLorenzo, transportation coordinator for the University of Illinois Facilities and Services. 'Welcome to the world for the next two years.'
'I told them they couldn't demo Kam's this week,' said Stacey DeLorenzo, transportation coordinator for UI Facilities and Services. 'They can do whatever they want after Friday.'
Now that the Bradley Avenue bridge is open, what's next?
We said bye-bye to Burnham Mansion, the late Great Impasta and those funky eclipse glasses, and welcome to the 44th president, the Pride Parade and a Pesotum farm-playing Luke Bryan. As the clock winds down on the 2010s — and the countdown continues to a new Costco in Champaign, a casino in Danville and A/C at last throughout Central High School
What's to become of all those handprints at Meadowbrook Park?
Drivers are urged to be on the alert for the new all-way stop at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Burwash/Pittsfield.
After work wrapped up Tuesday, the bustling thoroughfare over Interstate 74 fully reopened for the first time since June.
The Exit 235B ramp connecting southbound Interstate 57 to westbound Interstate 72 is closed due to the crash.
Here is a list of street closures and road construction in East Central Illinois, provided by public works offices: (If your public works department wants to send one, submit it via email to breaking@news-gazette.com.)
A record number of public and private construction projects are underway on and off campus as classes resume.
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