Unit 4 and City of Champaign Deal

The school board and the City of Champaign hammered out some of the details towards the referendum projects heading forward. From the News-Gazette last Wednesday:

Champaign council OKs deal with school district for referendum work
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The city council on Tuesday approved an agreement between the city and school district to facilitate Unit 4 construction projects, including specifics about the use of lights at a renovated McKinley Field.

The deal, which allows the district to move forward with projects associated with the $183.4 million facilities referendum that voters approved in 2016, includes a condition that the athletic field being installed at McKinley cannot host varsity football games. The city also insisted on an 11 p.m. lights-out policy...

In other business, council members pushed for the planning department to include a temporary phase on a project that would reduce the number of lanes on Neil Street between Interstate 74 and downtown.

Council member Angie Brix said she wants to see how traffic flows before the city builds any permanent structures.

More details and information at the full article here.