Raab Road construction on hold due to wet soil

Posted on July 18, 2016

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The reconstruction project on Raab Road near Normal Community High School has been halted while crews try to fix what’s become a major wet soil problem.

“The likes of which many of us on staff have never seen before,” said Normal City Manager Mark Peterson. “Very wet, unstable soil conditions.”

The project has been on hold while the city has explored a solution. Peterson said they believe they’ve found a solution, but it’s going to up the cost of the project by about $300,000.

“Hopefully less than that, but we will be asking the (Town) Council on Monday night to appropriate an additional $300,000 to mitigate this problem, so that we can go ahead and finish the project,” he said.

The town had hoped to finish construction before school started. However, because of this delay the work probably won’t be finished until late September or early October.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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