Pekin
Pekin, IL · Traffic & Transit
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Mowing hillsides to cause lane closures in Decatur
DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - The City of Decatur Forestry crew will be mowing the hillsides at the 1800-2000 blocks of N. 22nd St. at the underpass on Wednesday, October 21. This work will cause the closure of the southbound outside lane from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the northbound outside lane from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Signs and cones will be there to direct traffic.
uhighmidway.com
Illinois law redefines transit for teens
Walking on a downtown Chicago sidewalk on Oct. 7, ninth grader Lincoln Hoog heard a bell ring. There wasn’t enough time for him to process the sound and move out of the way before he was hit by someone riding an electric scooter. “And he came by, and I didn’t move fast enough for something, but he was going at least 10, 12 miles per hour, and he hit me,” Lincoln said. “I think he just actually glanced at me and got knocked into the wall or something, so nobody was injured. But it was pretty scary, and we always see them fly down the sidewalks downtown on e-bikes, and the delivery drivers. And so, it is pretty scary, and it is definitely a safety hazard.”
wheninyourstate.com
Illinois is rebuilding a major Quad Cities interchange in a $129 million project
Drivers in the Quad Cities region of Illinois are facing a major highway construction project that could reshape daily travel for years to come. The Illinois Department of Transportation has launched a $129 million reconstruction of the Interstate 74 interchange with John Deere Road, also known as Illinois 5, in Moline.
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Pekin school board delays Alltown bus contract vote
PEKIN (25News Now) - The Pekin 108 school board voted Monday night to delay a decision on the Alltown bus contract to Nov. 16 after members raised concerns about the contract’s language and logistics. In August, Pekin 108 canceled school for the rest of the first week after buses...
Central Illinois Proud
Peoria Greenleaf Street resurfacing project begins Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Lane and parking restrictions on Northeast Greenleaf Street in Peoria will go into effect starting Tuesday. Starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, the restrictions will be between Spalding Avenue and Wayne Street, said Nick McMillion, a Peoria Public Works spokesman. He said the...
Belleville News-Democrat
Ready for a dark commute? Here's when daylight saving time ends in Illinois
The end of daylight saving time will soon bring sunsets before 5 p.m. in Belleville, and it’s almost time to change your clocks. Illinois residents will gain an hour when this year’s daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 , although some lawmakers have tried to change the practice . The end of daylight saving time will bring a 4:59 p.m. sunset Nov. 1 . By the end of November, the sun will set as early as 4:39 p.m., while the year’s end will see a sunset at 4:48. The history of daylight saving Daylight saving time was made a legal requirement by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports. State governments cannot independently change time zones or the length of daylight saving time, the department reports, but they can exempt themselves from the practice. “States do not have the authority to choose to be on permanent Daylight Saving Time ,” the U.S. Department of Transportation website reads. Next year’s daylight saving time will begin Sunday, March 14, 2027. How quickly will Belleville lose daylight? The “shortest” day of the year , or the day with the least
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Ottawa Tweaks Downtown Parking Ordinance
A product of having a busy downtown is that downtown parking is at a premium. At the most recent city council meeting, Ottawa leaders adopted a modification to their downtown parking ordinance. All on-street, downtown parking is a uniform 2 hours. Additional signs have been put in some areas and each restricted block in the in the downtown district is posted.