Category Archives: Road Reports

GE Road closing for water repairs

Posted on October 14, 2016

BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Water Department will be repairing an emergency water valve on General Electric Rd. between Auto Row Dr. and Hershey Rd.   Due to the area where the water valve is located the street will be closed to thru traffic.  The work is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 17, 2016 at…… MORE

Market Street to close at railroad underpass

Posted on October 12, 2016

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that US 150 / IL 9 (Market St.) in Bloomington will be closed at the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing for two days, beginning on or about Wednesday, Oct. 19. The Norfolk Southern Railroad will be conducting maintenance work at the crossing. Motorists that use Market St. in…… MORE

Part of Constitution Trail to close

Posted on October 10, 2016

Constitution Trail between Linden Street and Towanda Avenue is closed to all traffic until further notice for sanitary sewer force main construction.… MORE

Woodrig Road closing for sewer work

Posted on October 4, 2016

BLOOMINGTON – Effective Wednesday, Oct 5, 2016, Woodrig Road between Capodice Road and Morrissey Drive will be closed to through traffic until work is complete for a sewer repair. Drivers should find alternate routes. For questions, contact Public Works, 309-434-2225.… MORE

Allin St. closed for rail crossing repair

Posted on September 27, 2016

BLOOMINGTON, IL –The Norfolk Southern Railway will be doing emergency work on the Allin Street railroad crossing beginning immediately. No traffic will be permitted across the tracks. Drivers need to find alternate routes. Street will be re-opened as soon as repair work is completed. For more information, contact the Bloomington Public Works Department at 309-434-2225.… 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…