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Bloomington Public Works Director Kevin Kothe shares a map of planned resurfacing projects, during Bloomington City Council s virtual meeting Monday, May 24, 2021.
The Bloomington City Council Monday night approved spending the bulk of its annual roadwork budget on a $5.1 million street resurfacing plan.
Also during the virtual meeting, the council voted to bring the Bloomington Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to downtown and learned how the city plans to share $700,000 in federal housing assistance grants.
The council voted unanimously for Rowe Construction, part of United Contractors Midwest, to complete the resurfacing. Technical bidding requirements were waived.
Public Works Director Kevin Kothe said while last year’s resurfacing focused on major stretches such as Hershey and Six Points roads, this upcoming project list is much longer, as crews will hit more neighborhood streets.
The Normal Town Council meets remotely, Monday, April 19, 2021.
The Constitution Trail soon will connect a Route 66 landmark in Normal to a stretch of the historic road that winds north to Towanda as a bike path.
During its virtual meeting Monday, the Normal Town Council approved the Kelley Basin-Route 66 Trail Connection Project on a 6-1 vote. Council member Stan Nord was the only “no” vote.
This map shows the corridor area where Constitution Trail will expand, to connect with the Route 66 Bike Trail.
The town will pay $471,000 to Pontiac’s H.J. Eppel & Co. Inc. Beginning in July, crews will construct pathways from the corner of Pine and Beech streets, near the town-owned Route 66-era Sprague Super Service Station. The path will wind through the One Normal Plaza campus, around the Kelley Basin and then connect to the dead end of the Historic Route 66 bike trail. That stretch comes south from Towanda.
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