Normal green lights additional Raab Road project funding

Posted on July 18, 2016
Raab Road
The project has been on hold for about a month. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The Normal Town Council has approved an additional $300,000 in funding for the Raab Road reconstruction near Normal Community High School.

The funds are needed to relieve a wet soil problem that was found after construction began.

City Manager Mark Peterson said it’s highly unlikely this project gets finished before school begins.

“I’ve communicated with Mark Daniel, the superintendent, that we’ll do anything we can do to help facilitate traffic to and from the school and address whatever congestion results from this closure,” he said.

Town Engineer Gene Brown said they hope to finish the work by mid-September. He added this is the worst wet soil problem he has ever seen. The same goes for nearly every expert the town has brought in to consult on fixing the problem.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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