Brush College and Faries Parkway –
William Charles Construction will be conducting jack and bores at Norfolk Southern and Canadian National Railroad beginning Monday, June 3, 2024. This work will cause Faries Parkway to remain open one lane westbound/right hand turn lane, one lane eastbound, and a left-hand turn lane. Brush College Road will remain open one lane northbound, one lane southbound/left hand turn lane, and one right hand turn lane. Brush College Road is still closed south of Faries (open to local traffic only), starting 7:00 a.m., Monday, June 3, 2024, and will continue to approximately 7:00 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2024. Please see attached maps for details. Motorist should slow down and use extreme caution through the work zone. For further details, please contact Ben Gomez at 815-914-6510.
Pre Stage D Traffic Control Planopens pdf file
William Charles Construction will be conducting utility installation and road improvements beginning Monday, February 26, 2024. This work will cause the closure of Brush College Road, South of Olive Street to North of East Hickory Street. Also, Brush College Road, at Harrison Avenue, reduced to One (1) Northbound and One (1) Southbound lane in the eastern lanes, starting 9:00 a.m., Monday, February 26, 2024, and will continue to approximately 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 26, 2024. All vehicle traffic use detour as follows on the attached maps BCR Detour Mapsopens pdf file. Signage will be placed for detour route and the businesses on North Brush College Road up to East Hickory Street will remain open. Motorist should slow down and use extreme caution through the work zone. For further details, please contact Ben Gomez at 815-914-6510.
Grove Rd. Bridge –
C-Hill Civil Contractors will be replacing the Grove Road Bridge over the Sand Creek Arm of Lake Decatur, beginning Wednesday, March 13, 2024. This work will cause the closure of Grove Road Bridge over the Sand Creek Arm of Lake Decatur, starting at 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2024, and continue until complete, Friday, August 9, 2024. Detour will be as follows: Eastbound use Franklin Street to South Shores Drive and Westbound use Southland Drive to South Shores Drive or continue on South Shores Drive. Motorists should slow down, use extreme caution, and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Frank Libera at (618) 426-4282.
E. Sangamon St. –
JP Cullen/TCCA Tillmook., Inc. will be working Construction on E. Sangamon Street between North Morgan and North Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., beginning Monday, January 2, 2024, weather permitting. This work will cause the partial closure of E. Sangamon Street between North Morgan and North Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. (Closed- E. Sangamon Street between North Morgan and North Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.) starting 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 2, 2024, and will continue to approximately 6:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Motorist should slow down and use extreme caution through the work zone. A detour route available vehicle should utilize E. Marietta St. For further details, please contact Noah Alsteen at JP Cullen/TCCA Tillmook, at 608-754-6601.
W. Wood St. –
Burdick Plumbing will be jack and boring a watermain beginning Thursday, July 18, 2024. This work will cause the closure of West Wood Street, between Oakland Avenue and Route 48, starting 5:00 a.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024, and will continue to approximately 5:00 p.m., Friday, July 26, 2024. Motorist should slow down and use extreme caution and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. A detour route will be from Oakland Avenue to West Main Street to Route 48. For further details, please contact Jared Burdick at Burdick Plumbing, at (217) 429-2385.
E. Grove Rd. –
City of Decatur Forestry crew will be doing tree work in the 300 Block of E. Grove Rd, weather permitting, beginning Wednesday, July 10, 2024. This work will cause the closure of the West Bound Lane only at Phillips Dr in the 300 Block of E. Grove Rd., starting at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 10, 2024, until 3:30 p.m., weather permitting. There is no detour route, however signs and flaggers will be present in the work zone area to help direct traffic. Motorists should slow down, use extreme caution, and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Dan Benscoter at (217) 875-4820.
S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. –
Ameren will be performing an installation of new gas service beginning Monday, July 15, 2024. This work will cause the closure of 500 Block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., starting 8:00 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2024, and will continue to approximately 4:00 p.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024. Motorist should slow down and use extreme caution and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. A detour routed will be Northbound Traffic: Northbound traffic should take Cantrell Street West to Franklin Street. From there take Franklin Street North to Wood Street. Then take Wood Street East back to Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. for Southbound Traffic: Southbound traffic should take Wood Street West to Main Street from there take Main Stret South to Lake Shore Drive. For further details, please contact Dave McCauley at Ameren, at (217) 891-8240.
N. Jasper St. –
City of Decatur Concrete crews will be repairing the road in front 2600 N. Jasper St., between E. Pershing Rd. and E. Garfield Ave., beginning Monday, July 15, 2024. This work will cause a portion of N. Jasper St., in front of 2600 N. Jasper St., to be reduced to two (2) lanes with the South Bound lanes closed and the North Bound Lanes split, starting at 7:30 a.m., Monday, July 15, 2024, and continuing to approximately 3:30 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2024. Cones and signs will present to help direct traffic. Motorists should slow down, use extreme caution, and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Ray Lamber at (217) 875-4820.
Reas Bridge Rd. –
Weather Permitting; Starting at 8:30am Thursday, July 18, 2024, ICC Group will be closing County Highway 24 (Reas Bridge Road) for cofferdam excavation. The road will be closed from just west of County Highway 23 (Sangamon Road) to just east of Reas Bridge Court. The road is expected to reopen by 2:00pm later that day. If you have any questions, please call the Macon County Highway Department at (217) 424-1404.
W. Wood St. –
City of Decatur Forestry crews will be removing trees between 800 and 1000 W. Wood St., between S. Pine St. and S. Oakland Ave., beginning Thursday, July 18, 2024. This work will cause the closure of both lanes between 800 and 1000 W. Wood St., between S. Pine St. and S. Oakland Ave., starting at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024, and continuing to approximately 3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024. Detour route as follows: East bound traffic will take S. Oakland Ave. to W. Main St. and turn right, and west bound traffic will take S. Pine St. to W. Main St. and turn left. Signs will present to help direct traffic. Motorists should slow down, use extreme caution, and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Dan Benscoter at (217) 875-4820.
