FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Main Avenue between College Street and Water Street will be closed beginning 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29 for construction work associated with the Main Avenue Streetscape project. This stretch of Main Avenue is expected to reopen Friday, May 6.
The streetscape project will provide a bicycle track, sidewalks, new storm system, curb and gutter, rain gardens, lighting enhancements and a connection to the new City Utilities Bus Transfer Station.
Funding for the project is from the Transportation Alternatives Grant Program and the voter-approved ¼-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax Center City Development Program. The contractor for the project is Hunter Chase and Associates.
For more information, contact: Jonathan Peitz, City of Springfield, at 864-1994.