Wrapping it up!!!

The downtown streetscape construction on 2nd and 3rd is about to come to officially come to an end! Go ahead - cheer, clap and do a happy dance if you like!

This is one of our last construction updates of the year and we are just as happy as you are to celebrate a job well done! The construction was promised to be complete by November 21(in time for the downtown Hollydays Celebration) and we are set to finish about 3 weeks ahead of schedule! Thanks to everyone for all the hard work and cooperation. Our business owners deserve a ton of credit for their patience and can do attitude.

Have a great Halloween weekend – we look forward to seeing you all downtown trick or treating at the Halloween Spooktacular from 1-3p.m.

Here is what to expect this week:

Traffic control fencing on S. 2nd and S. 3rd is all going away!
Bricks are to be complete today!
Stamped crosswalk work will be done today on N. 2nd and N. 3rd at Locust.
All landscaping is done– except for the sod at the NIU Monat Building. If weather holds they will cut fresh sod tomorrow and install it.
Final street furnishings are going in this week on S. 2nd and S. 3rd.
Milling and patching work will be done today on S. 2nd and S 3rd.
Paving should begin tomorrow and be done by Friday......WEATHER PENDING.
All that will be left is the striping of parking stalls!

This will be a busy week once again, but it will be great to see the final completion in just a few days.
As always if you have questions please call Mike Bauling in the City Engineering Department at 815-748-2030 or Jennifer Groce at Re:New DeKalb at 815-748-7788.


Notice IDOT Resurfacing
As a reminder the 2nd and 3rd Streetscape project does not include the resurfacing of Lincoln Highway being done by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
The resurfacing of Lincoln Highway is being funded and coordinated by IDOT. They had some schedule delays, but have posted they will be done in November. They are working during the day due to the decreasing temperatures at night. We are hoping to see paving this week between 1st and 4th, but do not have confirmation at this time.