NORMAL — Southbound Constitution Boulevard from Uptown Circle to Mulberry Street will be closed for the installation of Uptown lighting on Wednesday, September 28 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The intersections of Constitution Boulevard and College Avenue and Constitution Boulevard and Mulberry Street will remain open.… MORE
Category Archives: Road Reports
Emergency water repairs planned on College Avenue
The Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water valve repair in Normal on College Avenue at Veterans Parkway.
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Greenbriar Drive closing for pavement patching
Greenbriar Drive from Taft Drive to Truman Drive will be closed starting Monday until Sept. 30.… MORE
Constitution Blvd. to close Friday
NORMAL – Northbound Constitution Boulevard from Uptown Circle to Mulberry Street will be closed for the installation of Uptown lighting on Friday, September 23 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The intersections of Constitution Boulevard and College Avenue and Constitution Boulevard and Mulberry Street will remain open. In addition, park maintenance and Children’s Discovery Museum staff…… MORE
Old Peoria Rd. closed for road work
DRY GROVE TOWNSHIP – Old Peoria Road between 1540 North and 775 East is closed from midnight Wednesday night until Friday afternoon for repairs.… MORE
Phoenix Ave. closing for sewer repair
BLOOMINGTON – Effective immediately, Phoenix Ave. between Park St. and Fell Ave. will be closed to thru traffic until work is complete, for a sewer repair. Drivers should find alternate routes. For questions, contact Public Works, 309-434-2225. … MORE
Water main repairs planned for Main Street in Bloomington
The Bloomington Water Department will be repairing a water main break at the intersection of North Main and West Front Street. … MORE
Mulberry St. closing for emergency sewer repairs
BLOOMINGTON – Mulberry Street from Hinshaw Avenue to Western Avenue will be closed starting immediately to all through traffic, due to an emergency sewer repair. Please consider alternate routes.… MORE
Barker St. closed for emergency repairs
BLOOMINGTON – Barker Street from Beyer Street to Tokio Street will be closed starting immediately to all through traffic, due to an emergency sewer repair. Please consider alternate routes. For more information, please contact Jason Harden, Assistant Superintendent of Streets and Sewers at 309-434-2225.… MORE
Hamilton Road extension informational open house set for Thursday
Residents can learn about and give their input on the proposed extension of Hamilton Road in Bloomington at a public open house next week.… 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…