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The commission you’ve never heard of
by: Diane Benjamin It’s the McLean County Regional Planning Commission! http://www.mcplan.org/department/division.php?structureid=14 What do they do? Make plans for Bloomington, Normal, and McLean...
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Center Street Bridge! Update
To the clown who is no longer allowed to post comments: Research what the current Gas Tax is being used for. Research where the almost what the almost $1 Trillion Obama plan for “Shovel Ready”...
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East Side Bypass-Highway-Freeway
By: Diane Benjamin I attended part of the Public Hearing last night at Central Catholic High school. Side note: I wonder how much they spend per student in their lovely facility? I bet it isn’t...
View ArticleCenter Street bridge closing?!?
By: Diane Benjamin Back in June of 2015 I took pictures under the Center Street bridge for this story: https://blnnews.com/2015/06/03/24853/ It appeared then to be failing apart. Last Monday a guy...
View ArticleState Gas Tax means Bloomington jumped too soon
By: Diane Benjamin The State of Illinois is likely raising the gas tax .19 per gallon. The total tax will be .38 cents for every gallon you pump. This will chase even more people out of the state...
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Is this Connects real problem?
By: Diane Benjamin PDF page 21 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GoZDYLB3LiTfbRZpY34J539EmtVDAkpB/view Does this mean if expenses are cut, IDOT gives them less money? I spoke to a retired driver. He...
View ArticleIDOT conspires with Connect Transit
Since common sense isn’t allowed on the Connect Transit Board, I can’t ask a simple question. Why not plan routes so people don’t have to transfer buses? I know one answer: No transfer and they...
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Why Stan and Karyn voted NO
By: Diane Benjamin Last night’s Normal Town Council meeting was an hour long. The longest debate was over changing the name of a major road again. It used to be Diamond Star Parkway, now Mitsubishi...
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IDOT contact info
By: Diane Benjamin A reader attended the Open House at Bloomington City Hall last night concerning bike lanes on Rt 9. A representative from IDOT claimed he found out about the meeting at the last...
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UPDATE #2 -update: IDOT and Dan Brady
Here is how the situation was resolved: Dan Brady was no help: Previously I email Amanda Helander since she had emailed Anthony. Since she didn’t answer my first email, yesterday I sent her this:...
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The final story for Normal Monday night – Connect Transit
By: Diane Benjamin Other items from Monday’s meeting could be covered, but I won’t! Links to all previous stories are here: https://blnnews.com/2020/07/08/story-6-normal-monday/ Isaac Thorne and...
View ArticleNormal didn’t get $6 mil more, they only got $3,157,375
By: Diane Benjamin See original story: https://blnnews.com/2022/05/09/no-surprise-normal-needs-6-million-more-to-build-the-underpass/ Monday packet:...
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