Towanda Ave. to close near Ironwood Golf Course

Posted on April 28, 2017

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – Towanda Ave. between the Ironwood Golf Course entrance and Turtle Creek Country Club Ct. will be closed to all traffic beginning at 7 a.m., Monday May 1, 2017 and remain closed until 5 p.m., Monday, May 8, 2017 for replacement of the Ironwood Golf course cart path tunnel that runs between holes 17 and 18.

Access to Ironwood Golf Course will be available only from the south via Towanda Ave. Access to the Ironwood Subdivision will be available from only the north via Northtown Rd. and Towanda Ave.

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