Transportation

Technical troubles at major airports can have trickle down effects in smaller facilities like the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Airport Director Carl Olson said, for instance, cutting the number of flights at Newark because of limited staff capacity can increase ticket prices and suppress demand for travel down the chain.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport has about $70 million in infrastructure projects underway, or in a six-year pipeline. Some are moving faster than others.

Connect Transit, the transit agency that provides public transportation in Bloomington-Normal, confirms it will be taking over rural transportation in McLean County on July 1.

The Town of Normal is still in watch and wait mode as the Trump administration aggressively cuts programs and federal agency staff.

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

28 Bloomington-Normal leaders head to Washington, D.C., this week, hoping to secure up to $22.75 million for four area infrastructure projects.

A planned annual 2% increase in Town of Normal water rates in each of the next six years may not be enough to maintain adequate fund balances.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission said the design of Veterans Parkway is outdated and the commission is studying how it might be different.

McLean County's decision to drop Show Bus as its rural transportation provider and explore a partnership with Connect Transit poses challenges and tight deadlines for other counties in the region that Show Bus may still serve.

The bids for the long-awaited underpass project beneath the railroad tracks in Uptown Normal have come back. The low bid is $35.16 million.