Several areas of Clinton are underway getting much needed improvements thanks to the foresight of the community.

Picture Right: View of construction from Washington Street

According to Public Works Director Steve Lobb, city crews will be hard at work the next week or two repaving a stretches of community streets. Lobb indicates that process started earlier this week and will likely stretch into next week.

The community street work will not only be repaving community streets but work will include new handicap accessible ramps. Lobb says while that is a huge benefit to the community, it will make the cost exponentially more expensive.

Lobb says the repaving of these streets is thanks to the patience of the community and the vision they had nearly 20 years ago when Illini Drive was completed.

Lobb indicates the street work done this year will be too expensive to allow more next year but he anticipated the accounts could be rebuilt to allow for improvements at an every-other-year pace. 

Picture below: Construction from DeWitt County Building facing Clinton First Christian Church