Local residents may have noticed some construction taking place on the campus of MacMurray College.

The City of Jacksonville, with help from Hutchison Engineering, is finalizing a streets and sidewalks project on South Clay between College and State using motor fuel tax funds.

Vice President of Hutchison Engineering Jim Burke serves as the Project Manager for the citys Transportation and Municipal Services Department. Burke explains the type of work being done at the location.

The proposed project includes the removal and re-installation of existing curb and gutter. The curb that was there had dilapidated to a point that it wasnt serviceable anymore, so were removing it and installing new curb and gutter. Behind that curb and gutter, we will be replacing handicap ramps and some sidewalk. At the completion of that work, then there will be milling and overlaying South Clay Avenue from College to State Street, says Burke.

He says that the work currently being done near MacMurrays campus will wrap up the South Clay project.

This is actually the final piece of the Clay Avenue project to connect Morton up to State Street. A number of years ago, we did the section of Clay Avenue from Morton up to College, and this small section was remaining. So this project finalizes that out and improves some safety concerns for MacMurray with students crossing Clay Avenue mid-block, and upgrading the facility for better parking, better road quality, Burke explains.

As for a timetable for the project, Burke says it work will continue for the next few weeks, but that its scheduled for completion before MacMurray kicks off the 2017-18 school year in mid-August.

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The city of Onalaska has on its radar a potential street improvement project at the Holiday Heights neighborhood, east of Hwy. 16 and south of Valley View Mall.

The Board of Public Works Thursday night discussed the potential project, which would widen over a mile of city street and provide curb and gutter to areas with recurrent drainage issues, including East and West Young drives.

The pavement in that neighborhood ranges from 24-26 feet wide, and a typical street, per city code, is supposed to be 37 feet wide. On top of drainage issues, this is causing tight squeezes between cars when both sides are parked on, according to City Engineer Jarrod Holter.

But before anything moves forward with the project, the board decided it best to set up a public meeting to allow the folks living in the neighborhood to ask questions or express any concerns they might have.

We dont want to jam anything down anybodys throat, Onalaska Mayor Joe Chilsen said.

Holter said that he thought people could be hesitant of the project, but added: From a staff standpoint, I think curb and gutter would really help this neighborhood ... It would help us clean it up and it would help with the drainage of the streets.

The date and time of the public meeting with the neighborhood werent nailed down Thursday night.

The project could cost as much as $1.4 million, and was outlined in the citys 2017 Capital Improvements budget.

Four flashing crossing beacons are going to be installed on Sand Lake Road at the cross streets of Quincy and Well.

The 10-foot-high posts will allow pedestrians to notify drivers that they want to cross the street by pushing a button that flashes a crosswalk sign. The city of Onalaska installed them on East Main Street three years ago and city officials say the structures work well and are holding up nicely.

With traffic picking up on Sand Lake Road, and expected to increase with current and future development, public concern brought this item onto the June 29 Board of Public Works agenda.

All four crossing beacons (two at each intersection), will cost $22,000 with installation.

State law requires drivers stop for any pedestrian at a crosswalk, flashing beacons or not.

The city of Onalaska doesnt seem to have a problem paying a little bit more per-capita for a household hazardous materials program run by La Crosse County.

The county-run program has been operating since 2004, but because of growth, La Crosse County asked all 18 of its municipalities for a little help bringing the program out of a deficit, which its been operating at for three years.

The quarter per-capita increase will cost the city of Onalaska an additional $913 a year, which the city of Onalaskas finance director Fred Buehler said shouldnt be a problem for the city to cover.

Smaller municipalities in the area appeared hesitant of the fee-increase when the county proposed it a few months ago.

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A year ago, demolition on the Metrodome was just finishing up. Now, with the help of more than 900 construction workers whove logged more than 1 million hours of work, a new football stadium is rising in Minneapolis Downtown East.

On Wednesday, those involved in building the massive structure celebrated the halfway mark.

Walking by the towering steel trusses and across the wide concrete concourses, Minnesota Vikings team officials and construction leaders marked the milestone for the more-than-$1 billion glass-and-steel stadium, showing off the clear-glass and black-zinc panels that have already started to cover the buildings exterior as the bowl of the stadium takes shape.

Today we have a chance to celebrate, said Mark Wilf, Vikings owner and team president. This stadium will truly be a landmark for civic pride.

Despite controversy over the stadiums glass and some leadership concerns, Wednesday was all about the construction crews reaching the halfway mark. Theyve completed more than $400 million worth of work. But for the crews buzzing around the building, welding and working away, there was no halftime show for the occasion.

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That glass, which is already starting to be installed on the east side, has drawn protests from bird advocates, who argue that its deadly to birds, especially because the building is near the Mississippi Rivers migratory pathway. 3M is testing a bird-safe film, with a trial of it expected this summer.

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