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2018 Oil & Chip Street Maintenance Project

Submitted by admin on July 30, 2018 - 8:52am

Date:

July 31, 2018 - 8:00am to August 17, 2018 - 5:00pm

The City of Urbana has contracted with Illiana Construction from Urbana, Illinois to perform street maintenance on streets throughout the City of Urbana. The locations of streets to be worked on are shown on the attached map.

This work is scheduled to start Tuesday, July 31, 2018, and end Friday, August 17, 2018, weather permitting.

The City will post no parking signs to notify the public of the dates and times during which no parking will be allowed along the edge of the pavement. Local traffic will be maintained as much as possible; however, depending on conditions, streets may be closed for 15 to 30 minutes on the day of the work.

The contractor will put a layer of small gray rock on the street. There will be some dust and loose rock on the street after rock has been placed on the street. The City will sweep up the loose rock after the work is complete.

Romine Street Closure

Submitted by admin on July 23, 2018 - 10:43am

Date:

July 24, 2018 - 7:00am to August 3, 2018 - 3:00pm

As part of the 2018-2020 Miscellaneous Sewer Repair Contract, and weather permitting, Cross Construction will be making a repair to a City sanitary sewer and will close North Romine Street between Eads Street and Ellis Drive to all thru traffic starting on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. through Friday, August 3, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

Access to all driveways and properties will be maintained during the sewer repair. A detour route utilizing Ellis Drive to North Mathews Avenue to Eads Street will be marked to route traffic around the construction zone.

Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all construction areas. Thank you for your cooperation while this improvement is in progress.

Closed - Request for Bid: Stump Removal

Submitted by admin on July 18, 2018 - 11:53am

Date:

August 2, 2018 - 1:00pm

Closed

Sealed proposals for supervision, labor, tools, equipment and services required to perform tree stump removal and related work in the public right-of-way will be received and at that time publicly opened and read at the office of Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 1:00 PM on August 2, 2018.

Philo Road Closure

Submitted by admin on July 18, 2018 - 9:13am

Date:

July 22, 2018 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm

On Sunday, July 22, 2018 Philo Road between Windsor Road and Curtis Road will be closed from 5:00 p.m. through 8:00 p.m. for the Mile at the Pines Races. The intersection of Curtis Road and Philo Road will also be closed to through traffic during this time.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation while this event is underway.

Solar Urbana-Champaign 3.0 Celebrates First Solar Installations and Surpasses Savings Milestone

Submitted by admin on July 11, 2018 - 9:25am

INFORMATION RELEASE July 10, 2018 Urbana, IL - July 9, 2018.

"I am pleased to be among the first to sign up for the Solar Urbana-Champaign 3.0 program,” said Dr. Dick Warner of Champaign. Thanks in part to Warner’s participation, the Solar Urbana-Champaign 3.0 program has recently surpassed its first program goal of 50 kilowatts of solar, triggering a price break for everyone who gets solar through the program. Mr. Warner’s new ground-mounted solar energy system will be installed this week. Once the system is completed it should produce enough electricity to cover all of his home’s annual electricity usage.

“I have been considering going solar for several years, knowing that the generation of clean energy has important social and environmental benefits,” said Warner. “In recent years, solar power has become much more cost effective. Thus, there are clear economic benefits for our household as well.” Dr. Warner has a profound appreciation of sustainability, and is a Senior Scientist at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.

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