Traffic Safety

Eight select locations will see temporary measures implemented starting Sept. 3. These measures could help to calm traffic, improve crossing safety and limit accidents.

Ryan Otto, Normal's director of public works and engineering, presented a list of findings from a pedestrian and roadway campus safety initiative to the town council on Monday.

Illinois State University and the Town of Normal are seeking public feedback to make the campus safer for drivers and pedestrians.

The public has had a fair amount to say about how to improve Veterans Parkway in Bloomington-Normal, with more to come.

A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Empire Plaza Shopping Center in Bloomington.

Traffic signals will be installed at the intersections of Fort Jesse Road and Landmark Drive, and Fort Jesse and Greenbriar Drive, following approval Monday by the Normal Town Council.

The state of Illinois has agreed to fund most of a long-promised traffic safety study around the Illinois State University campus in Normal and on the Constitution Trail.

Bloomington-Normal has nearly $2.7 million in potential projects included in an appropriations bill that has advanced from a subcommittee to the full appropriations committee in the U.S. House.

The McLean County coroner and sheriff have identified the bicyclist who was killed Friday in Towanda, saying in a statement on Sunday that Craig E. Ryan, 69, of Bloomington, died from multiple blunt injuries.

A Bloomington man died in an early morning crash Sunday in Normal. Police and the McLean County coroner said Noe R. Mendiola, 22, died from blunt force injuries.