Rebuild Illinois

Starting at 8 p.m. Friday, westbound I-80 will be reduced from two lanes to one between Briggs and Richards streets.

Avenue A is being rebuilt from East Third Street to East 10th Street, with the exception of where it crosses Dixon Avenue, Rock Falls City Administrator Robbin Blackert said.

The $1.3 billion Interstate 80 reconstruction project when completed will redesign and rebuild 16 miles from Ridge Road in Minooka to U.S. 30 in Joliet and New Lenox.

The Wheeler Avenue bridge over Interstate 80 in Joliet is scheduled to reopen, weather permitting, by noon Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

City Council members unanimously voted to purchase a 0.23-acre vacant lot along West First Street, between Second and Fourth avenues, for $30,000. There are plans to redevelop the property.

Mt. Morris is seeking a $1.8 million state grant to revitalize the business side of downtown. “This would be our commitment as a village to the downtown business district saying, ‘We’re there. We get it and we support the work that you’re doing,’” Village President Phil Labash said.