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 to submit its plan to the state. A revised plan approved last week by the City Council cuts back on some decorative lighting and colored, […]
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 some upgraded features the road lacks now. When the City Council met 16 months ago to discuss the plan with officials from HR Green, the […]
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 of final engineering and the start of construction within the next two years is obtaining 294 parcels covering 50 acres along the state highway between […]
Firefighters battled heavy fire and smoke Tuesday morning when the responded to a blaze that destroyed a barn north of Woodstock at Route 47 and Charles Road. Equipment from throughout the area was dispatched to the scene shortly after 8 a.m. when several passersby reported the fire to 911. Additional water resources also were dispatched […]
With construction still about two years away, the city is preparing for its role in the improvement of 2 miles of Route 47 through Woodstock. The project last year received state funding for widening and improving the highway from U.S. 14 to Route 120. Completion of the overall project, an additional 2.5 miles north to […]
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 Woodstock. IDOT plans to widen about five miles on Route 47 from U.S. 14 to Route 120 and – in the second phase – to […]
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 when the state’s budget for capital projects included $57 million to improve the state highway between U.S. 14 and Route 120. “This is incredibly significant […]
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