As part of the City’s Annual Infrastructure Maintenance Project, sidewalk repairs will be made along John Street from First Street to Fourth Street. The City’s contractor for the project, Beniach Construction, will begin work; weather permitting, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. This project will repair sidewalk tripping hazards and construct ADA compliant sidewalk ramps where needed.
Annual Alley Maintenance As part of the City’s Annual Alley Maintenance Project the alley in the block bounded by University Avenue, Elm Street, Clark Street and Lynn Street will be reconstructed. Beniach Construction will begin work on the alley Monday July 9, 2012. The reconstruction will be done in multiple phases to accommodate as much…
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Plymouth Drive Duce Construction will continue working on Plymouth Drive from Harrington Drive to Devonshire Drive. Plymouth Drive will remain open to local and emergency traffic only. The work involves pavement patching, sidewalk repairs and lawn restoration. Harris Avenue Duce Construction will continue working on Harris Avenue from Bradley Avenue to Maple Street. Harris will…
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Extreme temperatures and a lack of rain are taking their toll on landscaping throughout the City. The City’s landscape maintenance contractor is taking steps to minimize damage to the vegetation along the Boneyard Creek 2nd Street Reach detention basins. Starting last week, the contractor is watering landscape beds, turf grass, rain gardens and shoreline vegetation….
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The following commercial permits were issued this week. Each permit has an estimated cost of construction of $300,000 or more. Address Cost of Construction Date Issued Owner or Developer / Business 809 W. Church-A $5,639,181.00 06/29/12 The Pavilion Foundation/Addition to Carle Pavilion 702 Edgebrook Dr. $399,870.00 07/02/12 City of Champaign/Alteration to Offices at Public Works…
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Stark Excavating continues work on the North Fourth Street Extension. Storm sewer work within the intersection of Fourth Street and Bradley Avenue was completed last week. This week, Stark’s focus will be on continuing the storm sewer northward, while constructing curbs and sidewalks near the intersection. Though some lane closures have been necessary, traffic has…
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Open Road Paving Company has begun work on Stage 2 (Bradley Avenue to Bloomington Road / Route 150) of the Staley Road Project. Stage 2 work items consist of milling off the old surface, patching, 2 foot wide asphalt safety shoulder, guardrail installation, pipe culvert installation, and miscellaneous ditch grading work. This stage is expected…
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The Public Works Department closed Olympian Drive from Market Street to Prospect Ave. the evening of July 2nd due to a pavement blow-up. The concrete pavement for both the east and west bound traffic lanes buckled to an extent that made the traffic lanes not safe to travel. Pavement blow-ups occur due to extreme expansive…
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The Illinois Department of Transportation recently announced that beginning July 9, 2012, work will begin to modernize the traffic signals at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and Prospect Avenue. During construction, one lane of traffic will be maintained on all approaches to the intersection. The overall project is anticipated to be complete by September of…
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On Thursday, June 28, the City, along with Integrys Energy Services mailed approximately 10,000 opt-in letters for the Municipal Electric Aggregation (MEA) program. These letters were sent to residents and small commercial businesses (using less than 15,000 kwh per year) who are not eligible for automatic enrollment in the MEA program. The enrollment deadline is…
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