IDOT seeks council approval to make Champaign street safer

Jack Krumm
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Transportation is looking to make Neil Street safer with a multi-million dollar agreement with the City of Champaign.

It’s a $10.6 million initiative to improve Neil Street over a three-mile stretch. It would be from Springfield Avenue to Windsor Road.

Increased security could soon come to downtown Champaign

The city would pay just short of $800,000 with IDOT paying the rest. Their goal is starting construction in August.

“The work being performed will be patching, surface removal, and placing of a new three-inch surface of hot mixed asphalt on U.S. 45 in that location,” said Ken Crawford of IDOT District 5.

The agreement also includes adding accessible sidewalks and traffic signal work in 2025. Right now, there is no hard completion date set for the project. All this is pending city council approval Tuesday night.

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