Washington Avenue will close between Commercial Street and Chase Street for approximately 10 weeks beginning Monday, April 1 for the construction of the Link Washington Avenue Pedestrian Improvement project. Pedestrian access will be maintained through the duration of the project. Drivers are advised to seek an alternate route. The focus…
Author: Kristen Milam, Public Information, for SGFNN
The Primrose Street Widening Project, the last phase in a series of improvement projects aimed at reducing traffic congestion through the busy southwest Springfield corridor, will begin this spring. The project includes widening Primrose Street to five lanes between South Avenue and Kimbrough Avenue, adding bike lanes on both sides…
Fremont Avenue will close to through traffic between Battlefield Road and Sunset Street for approximately two weeks as City Utilities continues relocating electric lines in preparation for the Battlefield Road and Fremont Avenue Intersection and Roadway Improvement Project, anticipated to occur in 2020. Beginning 9 a.m., Friday, March 8, motorists…
The busy Division Street and Grant Avenue intersection will receive $2.2 million in improvements this spring. The Division Street and Grant Avenue Intersection Improvement Project will include traffic signal and crossing signal replacements, as well as Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)- compliant sidewalks, stormwater infrastructure and pavement improvements. Construction is…
The Gelven Withers Stormwater Improvement project, located roughly along Catalpa Street between John Avenue and Gelven Avenue near the Oak Grove neighborhood, is set to wrap up before summer. Construction began in November 2018 and is expected to be complete by mid-May The project includes the construction of new stormwater…
Utility relocations and tree removals in preparation for the replacement of the Mount Vernon Street Bridge just west of Kansas Expressway began in early March. Road closures are expected periodically throughout this site preparation work. The bridge replacement project will remove and replace the structurally deficient Mount Vernon Street bridge,…
Property owners and residents of the Pea Ridge 06 basin, a sewer basin located in the eastern portion of the Doling Neighborhood, are invited to an informational open house 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28 at Watkins Elementary School (732 W. Talmage St.) to learn about the City’s Private Sewer…
City Utilities began relocating electric lines located along Fremont Avenue in February in preparation for the Battlefield Road and Fremont Avenue Intersection and Roadway Improvement Project, anticipated in 2020. This project will include the widening of Fremont Avenue to five lanes between Battlefield Road and Sunset Street. Improvements will also…
In April 2019, voters will be asked to decide whether or not to renew the 1/4-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax. In place since 1989, this tax has generated nearly $250 million to fund road, bridge, stormwater and sidewalk projects in Springfield. When possible, funding is leveraged with other partners, including…
The City is in the process of acquiring sidewalk easements and right-of-way to construct new sidewalks on Douglas Avenue, Woodlawn Street and Missouri Avenue approved through the City’s Neighborhood Works program. The projects will be put out for bid in the spring with construction anticipated in the summer or fall.…