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County highway department budgets solar, bridge and Wilbur Avenue cleanup work
Summary
The county engineer outlined FY26 plans that include solar panels going live, funds set aside for facility demolition and storage, bridge and road projects and a $750,000 demolition estimate for an old nursing home site.
Jeff Blue, Champaign County engineer, told commissioners the highway fund will support operations, equipment purchases and several capital projects in FY26 and that solar panels recently installed at the highway facility should go online in the coming weeks. "They're trying to get all the wiring done," Blue said of the solar installation. Blue said the department plans about $500,000 in equipment purchases for 2026 and is transferring $140,000 to a highway building capital fund to preserve money for facilities. He said the highway fund balance has been intentionally built — the slide deck…
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