Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.com The city of Woodstock, which has received millions of dollars in supplemental funding for the widening of Route 47, has received an additional $504,652 in an Illinois Transportation […]
City Council decided in November the city budget will require a 4.15 percent property tax increase for Woodstock residents next year. Discussions at the past two meetings, however, indicate that […]
Revisions to plans for enhanced landscaping and lighting along a widened Route 47 through Woodstock have cut about $2.7 million in city expenses from the project as the city prepares […]
Woodstock has reconsidered its Cadillac plan for landscaping and lighting of an improved Route 47 through the city, but that doesn’t mean the $58 million state highway project won’t have […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com State acquisition of land is underway for the 3-mile widening and improvement of Route 47 through Woodstock. That means the only thing standing in the way […]
By Brittany Keeperman Illinois Department of Transportation has begun surveying properties along Route 47 for acquisition as it moves forward with its project to widen and improve the highway through […]
Work to widen Route 47 through Woodstock could see shovels in the ground by late 2021. The project got a boost in the waning days of the 2019 Illinois Legislature […]
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