Construction of 1,863 linear feet of new sidewalks is imminent along Douglas Avenue, Woodlawn Street and Missouri Avenue, thanks to the City’s Neighborhood Works neighborhood capital improvement grant program. The project is estimated to cost approximately $100,000, for all sidewalk segments combined. A total of $500,000 is budgeted to continue…
Author: Kristen Milam, Public Information, for SGFNN
City Utilities will close Fremont Avenue in separate phases between Grand Avenue and Sunshine Street beginning Monday, March 2 to complete gas and water renewals. The work is expected to last through the beginning of May. Each of the following project phases will close entirely to through traffic but access…
Beginning in January, the City of Springfield will ask the public to help set the vision for the Renew Jordan Creek master plan, examining the potential of the historic creek as it flows through downtown Springfield. An online public visioning survey is set to launch Jan. 6 and lasting through…
Mark Twain neighbors located in the area along Westwood Avenue between Seminole Street and Wayland Street may be noticing survey crews collecting data for an upcoming stormwater improvement project anticipated for construction in 2021. City consultant Great River Engineering is currently completing the design plans for the project, located roughly…
Just in time for the influx of holiday shopping traffic, low-budget roadway improvements recently completed at the intersection of Fremont Avenue and Independence Street are expected to have a significant impact on traffic flow through the busy retail corridor. Completed in early November 2019, the improvement project involved the widening…
City of Springfield Principal Stormwater Engineer Chris Dunnaway presented preliminary concepts for Phase 1 of the daylighting of Jordan Creek through downtown Springfield at a City Council Lunch Workshop on Nov. 19. Channeled through a series of underground culverts beginning in the 1920s, many visitors to downtown Springfield may not…
On Nov. 5, Springfield voters will be asked whether or not to renew the 1/8-cent Transportation Sales Tax and the 3/4-cent Police-Fire Pension Sales Tax. An overview of the two taxes is below. 1/8-cent Transportation Sales Tax First approved by voters in 1996 and renewed every four years since then,…
Commercial Street will close for approximately six weeks between Division Street and Locust Street beginning at 6 a.m., Monday, Oct. 21 for construction work related to the Division Street and Commercial Street Intersection Improvement project. Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route and to use caution when driving through…
Property owners and residents in portions of the Rountree, Delaware, Phelps and University Heights neighborhoods are invited to attend one of two informational open house opportunities 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 17 and 24 at the Springfield Art Museum (1111 S. Brookside Dr.) to learn about the City’s…
Approximately 3,714 linear feet of new sidewalk will be constructed in the Delaware Neighborhood beginning in October thanks to the City’s Neighborhood Works capital improvement grant program. Sidewalks will be added along Portland Street, Fairway Avenue, Kentwood Avenue, Bennett Street and Meadowmere Street. The estimated cost of the sidewalk projects…