The Champaign Urbana Public Health District (C-UPHD) has secured a $10,000 grant to be applied toward the completion of a Safe Routes To School (SRTS) Plan for South Side School. C-UPHD will be contracting with the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) to complete the plan. RPC has completed two such plans under contract with the City…
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In order to set a crane and place scaffolding for exterior finishes at 217 North Neil St. (Hyatt Place hotel), English Brothers will be closing one southbound lane of Neil Street between Church Street and Park Street on Friday, October 4, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Southbound traffic will be reduced to one…
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In order to accommodate construction traffic at 2307 Sangamon Drive (Leonhard Recreational Center), Champaign Park District will be closing a section of Sangamon Drive just east of Kenwood Road. Sangamon Drive will be closed from Kenwood Road to the Sholem Pool parking lot starting on Monday, September 30, 2013, through Friday, October 25, 2013. The…
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The 2013/2014 bulk rock salt contract has been finalized by the State’s Central Management Services. The City has purchased salt through the State’s Joint Purchasing Requisition program since 1992. This year, Cargill Salt, Inc. will be the City’s new vendor under the program. Their price per ton of rock salt is $57.41 for the 2013/14…
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American Dowell Signcrafters is announcing an upcoming lane closure on Green Street for sign installation at 617 East Green Street. A portion of the eastbound lane of Green Street between Sixth Street and Wright Street (adjacent to the property) will be closed on Thursday, September 26, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The closure…
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The building often called the old Ice House at 811 North State Street originally was used to manufacture ice for railroad refrigerator cars. This property was purchased by the City in 2010 for future channel and detention improvements along the West Fork of the Boneyard Creek, which borders the north side of the property. The…
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In order to install domestic and fire water services to Bottenfield School at 1801 South Prospect Avenue, Mid Illinois Concrete will be closing Lynwood Drive from Broadmoor Drive to Foothill Drive. The road closure will begin on Monday, September 23, 2013, and will reopen on Monday, September 30, 2013, weather permitting. Through traffic will not…
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In order to set a crane and place precast panels at 217 N. Neil St. (Hyatt Place hotel), English Brothers will be closing the following lanes of Church Street and Neil Street adjacent to the property: Tuesday, September 3 (EASTBOUND LANE OF CHURCH ST) The eastbound lane of Church Street will be closed between Randolph…
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The Public Works Department saw a decrease in service requests submitted during the month of August. Citizens and City staff submitted 342 total requests during August 2013. The count decreased by 81 (-19%) compared to the 423 requests that were received during the month of July. The chart below tracks the number of requests recorded…
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IDOT has informed the Public Works Department that sometime during the week of September 3–6, 2013, IDOT will have a contractor performing pavement crack routing and sealing work on Springfield Avenue, between Prospect Avenue and Mattis Avenue, and on University Avenue, starting at Wright Street and extending to Race Street in Urbana. The routing and…
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