Plan calls for $4.8 million in work on and near St. Mary's Road

CHAMPAIGN – A corridor study is calling for $4.8 million worth of improvements to St. Mary's Road and adjoining roads over the next 25 years, including projects to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

The study, conducted by the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission over the past nine months, was requested by the University of Illinois to help the university plan for growth in the south campus, where the University of Illinois Research Park is growing rapidly, said Eric Halvorsen, a transportation planner with the commission.

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