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Board approves lane closures, pedestrian diversions for Bloomington Convention Center redevelopment
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved a multi-phase traffic control plan for the Bloomington Convention Center redevelopment that will convert lanes, reserve parking and place pedestrian walk-arounds; the work is expected to span through 2026 and will be coordinated with multiple project partners.
The Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved lane closures, parking reservations and pedestrian diversions needed for the Bloomington Convention Center redevelopment, a multi-phase construction project that city and contractor staff said will have intermittent impacts on downtown traffic and pedestrian routes.
City Public Works Director Adam Wason said the project “is a project about partnership,” and described long planning efforts with the capital improvement board and private contractors that feed into a construction schedule requiring traffic controls. Weddell Brothers project manager Andrew Sherry presented the city’s phase 1 maintenance-of-traffic plan, which includes converting the southern eastbound lane of Third Street between Madison Street and College Avenue to a right-turn-only lane, parking reservations on…
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