Champaign’s road quality slightly decreases overall, but poorer quality roads see improvement
About one in six road segments, defined as parts of streets, in Champaign were graded very poor, serious or failed in a study conducted…
About one in six road segments, defined as parts of streets, in Champaign were graded very poor, serious or failed in a study conducted…
Members of the Historic East Urbana neighborhood association said they are suffering through recurrent odors and potential pollution issues because of the emissions from Emulsicoat, a local asphalt plant. The most recent complaint, filed to the IEPA in early May 2021, stated “the stench in the East Urbana neighborhood was overwhelming” and that people noted physical problems tied to it. The investigation by Michael Haggitt and Mark Schleuter from that same month had limitations from the lack of hard evidence linking the odor to the suspected Emulsicoat source and recommended no further action beyond the community meeting they held a month prior to that in April.