May 12, 2025
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Colden Street Project work resumes

By Alexa Zoellner
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Work on the two-year, $3.5 million Colden Street Project in Polo resumed this week after a winter break. The project encompasses about 10.5 blocks and will help alleviate water buildup on Illinois Route 26 during torrential rain events. Here, employees of the main contractor, Martin & Co., of Oregon, work at the corner of South Congress Avenue and West Mason Street on April 11, 2023.

Work on the two-year, $3.5 million Colden Street Project in Polo resumed this week after a winter break. The project encompasses about 10.5 blocks and will help alleviate water buildup on Illinois Route 26 during torrential rain events. Here, employees of the main contractor, Martin & Co., of Oregon, work at the corner of South Congress Avenue and West Mason Street on April 11, 2023. (Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media)

Alexa Zoellner

Alexa Zoellner

Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.