Traffic Updates and Street Closures - Updated 9-1-10
Street Closures For Decatur and Macon County- Updated 9-1-10
City of Decatur crews will be working in East Grove Road, between Phillips Drive and Forrest Green Drive, cleaning ditches, beginning Thursday, September 2, 2010, weather permitting. This work will cause the total closure of East Grove Road, between Phillips Drive and Forrest Green Drive, starting at 9:00 a.m., continuing to approximately 2:30 p.m., Thursday, September 2, 2010. Motorists should use Grove Road to Phillips Drive to Ridgeway Drive to Forrest Green Drive to Grove Road and Grove Road to Forrest Green Drive to Ridgeway Drive to Phillips Drive to Grove Road as detour routes. Motorists should use extreme caution around the work zone. Please contact Rick Baker at 875-4820 for further details.
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that construction work will start at the bypass of US 51 from one mile south of US 36, to US 51 Business, southwest of Decatur. The project will include patching and resurfacing. According to officials, the work will likely close one lane of traffic in each direction. Contractors say they work will continue for about a year, finishing up in November of 2011.
Motorists are advised that reconstruction of the U.S. 51 bridge over I-72 just north of Decatur’s Walmart on the north end of town is scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 30. The work is being led by the Illinois Department of Transportation which plans to implement the project in stages. Stage 1 will involve night time lane closures to saw removal lines and set temporary barriers. Work during this stage will result in the roadway being reduced to two 11 foot lanes while outside lanes are constructed and speed limits will be reduced to 35 miles per hour. Traffic will be moved to the outsides of the bridge during the second stage of work. The contractor will have to close I-72 and utilize a detour route to the IL 48/ IL 121 corridor for a maximum of 12 nights during stages 1 and 2. Plans are for stage 1 of the project to be completed in the fall and for the entire project to be completed in October 2011. Contact Doug L. Rudolphi, IDOT Senior Resident Engineer at 876-8596 for more information.
Ameren Illinois Utilities will be working in the 600 block of West Mound Road 200 Feet west of North MacArthur Road, excavating and examining a high pressure gas main, beginning Thursday, August 19, 2010, weather permitting. This work will cause the partial closure of the 600 block of West Mound Road, 200 Feet west of North MacArthur Road, starting at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, August 19, 2010, continuing to approximately 1:00 p.m., Spetember 2, 2010. Motorists should use extreme caution through the work zone. Please contact Matthew Anderson at Ameren Illinois Utilities, at 217-424-6921.
The City of Decatur and Tele Scan, Inc. will be conducting smoke testing of the sanitary sewers in the area bounded by 32nd Street on the west, Lake Shore Drive on the east, Lakewood Avenue on the north and Lake Shore Drive on the south beginning early July, 2010, weather permitting. This work is scheduled to begin July, 2010 and continue through August, 2010 as weather permits. Residents will be notified a minimum of three (3) days before work begins, by door flyers, before testing occurs in their immediate area.Testing may cause a non-toxic light colored smoke to enter the residence through building drains. Any persons with heart or respiratory ailments should contact the number located on the flyer or the Public Works Department, at 424-2747, as soon as receiving notification of work beginning in their area. To minimize the chance of smoke entering your house, please pour water into ALL drains including floor drains prior to the date of the test. If you have any questions, please contact the Public Works Department at (217) 424-2747.
