The Champaign Police Department will be participating in the North First Street Association’s Halloween Extravaganza event on Monday, October 31st from 3-5 PM. The event will take place in the north parking lot adjacent to the police department. There will be games, food and fun for the entire family.
Brick Street Rehabilitation Work will continue the week of October 3 in the 600 block of Union Street. The project consists of brick street repairs, curb and gutter repairs and sidewalk repairs. Sidewalk Gap A and R Services began work this week on the construction of new sidewalk along the west side of State Street…
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Marketview Drive A and R Services will continue work in the east bound lanes from Neil Street to Market Street the week of October 3. The work consists of pavement patching and lawn restoration. Research Road, North Street, Plymouth Drive and Curtis Meadow Drive All work has been completed along these streets except lawn restoration….
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On August 6, 2011 the third electronics drive was held at the News Gazette Distribution Center. This is a collaboration between Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, and Champaign County. This event was able to divert 67,612 pounds of electronics from going to the landfill. The next drive will be held on October 29 from 8 a.m. –…
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Duce Construction completed ditch grading and culvert replacement work on Francis Drive between McKinley Avenue and Ridgeway Drive. This work is the final phase of a multi-year project to improve drainage along Francis Drive between McKinley Avenue and Prospect Avenue. These improvements will also improve the drainage along McKinley Avenue between Bloomington Road and the…
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Feutz Contractors is nearing completion of the University Avenue Street improvements. On Monday, October 3, Open Roads contractors will start nighttime paving operations. It is expected that the nighttime paving operations will take 4 days, with pavement marking by Varsity Construction to begin on Friday, October 7. Paving operations will be conducted at night to…
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O’Neil Brothers continues to make good progress on the John Street project. Currently the storm sewer has been constructed to Pine Street and the concrete pavement is just west of Lynn Street. Due to the location of South Side School, Pine Street cannot be closed until New Street is open to traffic. O’Neil Brothers must…
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A&R Mechanical has completed the streetscape construction of the improvements along Fourth Street from Green Street to Gregory Street. Due to a delay in the delivery of the streetlights, streetlights still need to be installed. Streetlights installation will not begin until the middle to end of October. Since the majority of the project signage attaches…
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Traffic and Lighting improved Glen Park Drive at Mattis. Two problems existed. There were vehicles pulling up to the traffic signal and not being detected. This was solved by installing a new detection loop for west bound thru traffic. The second problem was a single lane only was causing drivers wanting to turn right on…
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Lacey Rains Lowe, Planner II and Leslie Mitchell, Environmental Inspector gave a presentation at the Illinois Green Business Association (IGBA) monthly meeting. Lacey discussed the main points regarding the City’s Sustainability Plan and provided excerpts from the results of the recently completed Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Leslie followed up offering information on how citizens can become…
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