Uptown Circular Intersection Normal, IL A principal component of the project involved the replacement of existing streets, with an emphasis on the intersection of Beaufort, North and Constitution Trail in the heart of the uptown district with a circular intersection. The circular intersection replaced a badly skewed stop-controlled intersection and has become the focal [...]

West Washington Street Drainage Improvements, Phase 1 Champaign, IL Clark Dietz provided professional engineering services for drainage improvements to the West Washington Street drainage basin. The Washington Street Watershed had a long history of flooding problems, which affected hundreds of residents along the watershed. The flooding was primarily attributed to an undersized storm sewer [...]

John Street Drainage Improvements Champaign, IL Challenge Severe flooding and sewer overflows posed an annual threat to the safety of residents along the John Street watershed in Champaign, Illinois. The watershed’s history of flooding dated back to the early 1900s, since then severe flooding was an annual event but the record rainfalls of 2008 [...]

East Main Street Improvement Design New Albany, IN MANSION ROW HISTORIC DISTRICT The Develop New Albany initiative is the driving force behind the many revitalization efforts taking place in downtown New Albany. In response to residents’ desire to preserve the State recognized historical value and character of the Mansion Row Historic District, the City [...]

Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) Champaign, IL The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, with the support of the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, and the University of Illinois, applied for and received a $15.7 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for construction of the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) project within the University District. [...]

Traffic Signal Rehabilitation and Safety Improvements Champaign, IL This project consisted of "complete streets" design and included the study of 11 signalized intersections and 9 non-signalized intersections and other geometric improvements to enhance the quality of the Downtown experience. “Complete Street Design” was utilized to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety within the study area. [...]