County Highway 61 (Franklin Street Rd.) –
Weather Permitting; Wednesday, March 22, 2023, County Highway 61 (Franklin Street Road) will be intermittently reduced to one lane for drainage work during working hours only 7:00am until 5:00pm Monday-Friday. The road construction will take place between Hillshire Road and West Grove Road. If you have any questions, please call the Macon County Highway Department at (217) 424-1404.
W. Grand Ave. –
Operating Engineer’s Local 965 Training will be performing demolition at 1275 North Church Street beginning Wednesday, March 22, 2023, weather permitting. This work will cause the closure of the outside eastbound lane of West Grand Avenue, from Union Street through Church Street, starting at 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 22, 2023 and will continue to approximately 9:00 A.M., Thursday, March 23, 2023. Motorists should slow down and use extreme caution near the work or are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Andrew Beyers or Patrick McCaherty at (217) 498-7798.
W. Center St. –
City of Decatur Forestry crew will be replacing the guardrail on W. Center St., between N. Florian Ave. and W. Hunt St., beginning Tuesday, March 21, 2023. This work will cause the closure of W. Center St., between N. Florian Ave. and W. Hunt St., starting at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, 2023, until 3:00 p.m. March 21, 2023. Detour is as follows: West Bound traffic will turn Left on W. Hunt St, turn Right on N. Stevens Ave, turn Left on W. Division St., and turn Right on N. Florian Ave., and East Bound traffic will turn Right on N. Florian Ave., turn Left on W. Division St., turn Right on N. Stevens Ave., and turn Left on W. Hunt St. Motorists should slow down, use extreme caution, and are encouraged to seek an alternate route around the work zone. For further details, please contact Jordan Peck at (217) 875-4820.
N. Charles St. –
Ameren Illinois will be working in the 3200 block of North Charles Street, from Carrie lane to Delta Avenue, to install a new gas service, beginning Tuesday, March 21, 2023, weather permitting. This work will cause the total closure of the 3200 block of North Charles Street from Carrie Lane to Delta Avenue, starting at 8:00 A.M. and continuing to approximately 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Motorists should use Pershing Road to Woodford Street to Running Reds to North Charles St or North Charles to Running Reds to Woodford Street to Pershing Road as detour routes. For further details, please contact Ameren Illinois at 1-800-755-5000.
