On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Griggs Street between Race Street and Wood Street will be closed from 4:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. for the Urbana Imbibe Rumble in the Ring Event. Parking on this section of Griggs Street will not be available during the event.
We appreciate your patience while this event is underway.
Weather permitting; South Mathews Avenue will be closed to thru traffic between West Green Street and West Oregon Street from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2018 for building maintenance and crane parking done by the University of Illinois Facilities and Services Department.
No thru traffic will be permitted on South Mathews Avenue between West Green Street and West Oregon Street during the project.
Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all construction areas. Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during this project
Mayor Diane Marlin announced that William Gray, P.E., will retire as Urbana Public Works Director after 26 years of service to the community. His last day in the office will be October 26 and he will officially retire on October 31, 2018. A celebration of his career is being planned for late October.
“We are grateful for Bill Gray’s tremendous contributions to our community and beyond,” Marlin said. “We will greatly miss his steady hand and unmatched institutional knowledge and expertise. Under his leadership, the City of Urbana has distinguished itself as a leader in sustainability, infrastructure, multi-modal transportation design, operations, urban forestry, and intergovernmental cooperation. We wish Bill and Kathy Gray the very best.”
Mayor Marlin also announced that City Administrator Carol Mitten will serve a dual role as Interim Public Works Director while a nationwide search is conducted to fill the vacancy.
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Sealed BIDS for the construction of the 2018 Full Depth Concrete Patching– Part 2 (City Section 18-00612-00-PV) including: 10” Class B Patching; 6” Class C Patching and other incidental work will be received by the City of Urbana at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 1:55 p.m. prevailing time on Friday, September 28, 2018 and publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. at said office.
The Bid Documents may be examined and copies obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802.
All bidders are required to provide current financial and experience statements or other prequalification documents to show satisfactory evidence of the bidder’s competency to perform the proposed work at the time the Contract Documents and Specifications are requested or picked up. The bidder must submit evidence of current prequalification with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, Griggs Street between Race Street and Wood Street will be closed from 3:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m. for the Urbana Third Saturdays Event.
Parking on this section of Griggs Street will not be available during the event.
We appreciate your patience while this event is underway.
