Normal Town Council Votes to Accept Grant Money for Underpass Project
/ The Uptown Normal underpass project, with an estimated cost of about $23 million, would be financed with $16 million in federal grant money and about $5 million in state Rebuild Illinois funding. The town would chip in around $1.7 million. After hearing from former town leaders and other citizens, the Normal Town Council voted 6-1 Monday night to accept federal and state grant funding that will finance more than 90% of the cost of the Uptown underpass project. Council member Stan Nord was the lone "no" vote. During public comments, former City Manager Mark Peterson discussed past town proj...