Notices & Alerts

Weather permitting; Griggs Street will be closed to traffic from Race Street to Wood Street starting at 11:00 a.m. Saturday April 14, 2018 through 6:00 p.m. Saturday April 14, 2018 for the Boneyard Arts Festival.

Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all festival areas. Please use caution when traveling in this area. Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during this project.

Weather permitting; as part of the 2017 Storm Sewer Cleaning and Televising Project, Michels Corporation will be cleaning and televising sewers and will close the outside travel lanes on Cunningham Avenue between Crystal Lake Drive and Airport Road on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. Intermittent lane closures will continue through Friday, May 4, 2018.

Cunningham Avenue will remain open to through traffic at all times and access will be maintained to all properties on Cunningham Avenue during the cleaning and televising process. Traffic control will be in place to guide motorists through the areas where travel is reduced to three lanes.

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

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces roadwork beginning April 2 on Interstate 74 from High Cross Road in Urbana to two miles east of the Saint Joseph interchange, with lane closures beginning on or about April 16, weather permitting. One lane in each direction on I-74 will remain open at all times during this work.

Work is expected to last through mid-November.

Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area. To avoid the work area, when feasible, use of alternate routes should be considered. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, restrain from using mobile devices and be on the alert for workers and equipment.

For IDOT District 5 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict5 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

At 12:00 pm, Sunday, March 25, 2018, the Urbana Public Works Director declared the sidewalk snow and ice removal requirement in effect for the Downtown, University and South Philo Road snow removal districts.

Due to the winter storm, snow combined with ice and/or two inches or more of snow has accumulated sidewalks. In order to make sidewalks safe for pedestrians, City ordinance requires that public sidewalks, within the defined districts, be cleared by adjacent property owners within 24 hours after the Public Works Director’s declaration.

Sidewalks need to be cleared by 12:00 pm, Monday, March 26, 2018. Public sidewalks within these districts, which are not in compliance, could be cleared by the City at the expense of the adjacent property owner, with additional fines and administrative fees applied.

Maps of the snow removal districts and other information regarding the snow removal ordinance can be found at: http://urbanaillinois.us/businesses/sidewalk-snow-removal.