There will be a lane reduction on Willow Street at University Street starting at 7 a.m. Monday until 5 p.m. Friday. … MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Uptown streets to close during Make Music Normal
NORMAL – Make Music Normal is an all-day, free music festival taking place in Uptown Normal on Saturday, June 24, 2017 from 12 noon to 11 p.m.. The following streets will be signed, “No Parking,” after 2 a.m. on Saturday and closed by 8 a.m.: The alley on Linden Street at the exit to East Beaufort…… MORE
Oakland Ave. closed for emergency water main repair
BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Water Department will be repairing an emergency water main repair on E. Oakland Ave. between S. Gridley St. and S. McLean St. Due to the area where the water main is located the street will be closed to thru traffic. The street will be reopened to traffic by 3 p.m. on…… MORE
Railroad crossing in Normal to close
The Union Pacific Railroad will be performing crossing repairs on their tracks. … MORE
Uptown Normal streets to close Saturday for Special Olympics Dance
NORMAL – Uptown Normal is hosting the Special Olympics Dance on Saturday, June 10. The following streets will be closed at 4 p.m. and reopened at approximately 9:30 p.m.: • North Street from Fell Avenue to Uptown Circle. • Constitution Boulevard from Mulberry Street to Uptown Circle. • Broadway Avenue at the intersection of Broadway Avenue…… MORE
Cypress St. closed for pavement replacement
NORMAL – Cypress Street from Linden Street to Constitutional Trail was closed earlier and will remain closed until June 16, 2017, weather permitting. This road closure is for concrete pavement replacement due to water service repair. Local traffic access will be maintained.… MORE
Illinois 9 road closure scheduled in McLean County
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that Illinois 9 will be closed to through traffic beginning June 15, weather permitting, through Aug. 15 to replace a box culvert approximately 10 miles east of Bloomington. … MORE
Saybrook Road to close
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that County Highway 5, approximately 10 miles east of Bloomington, will be closed to through traffic to replace a bridge carrying Saybrook Road (McLean County Highway 5) beginning June 16 through Aug. 15. … MORE
Olive Street in Bloomington to close
West Olive Street from Lee Street to Mason Street will be closed for sewer work starting at 6:30 a.m. Thursday until the work is complete.… MORE
Shelbourne Drive in Normal to close
The two north lanes of Shelbourne Drive from Torrey Pines Road to Henry Street will be closed starting Friday and will remain closed until the project’s completion. … MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…