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The McLean County operations page. Social feeds bury this in twelve hours — here it stays pinned: the corridors, the deadlines, the board decisions, every line carrying its public source and the date it was checked.
🚗 Corridor Matrix — 6 AM Shift Change Radar
Veterans Parkway
The metro's busiest corridor and its most dangerous — 75+ life-altering injuries and deaths in a decade. The Reinvent Veterans Parkway study with IDOT is in its final stretch. [Source: McLean County Regional Planning Commission]
College Ave (Normal)
No published disruptions in the latest source pull. [Source: Town of Normal]
I-74 / I-55 interchanges
Status is re-verified from IDOT publications at every Wednesday pull; no closure claim runs here without one. [Source: IDOT news releases]
Route 9 / Towanda Barnes Rd
No published disruptions in the latest source pull. [Source: McLean County]
A corridor reads GREEN only when the latest pull of official sources shows no published disruption. We never guess a status.
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⏰ Deadlines That Matter
Mail-ballot request deadline
Last day to request a mail ballot for the Nov 3 election; mail ballots must be postmarked by Tue, Nov 3. [Source: McLean County early voting]
Early voting ends
Early voting at the McLean County Government Center runs through Mon, Nov 2. Bloomington city voters are run by the Bloomington Election Commission; everyone else by the County Clerk. [Source: McLean County early voting]
Election Day + advisory questions
Three resident-petitioned advisory questions on Bloomington's ballot, including the data-center question. Advisory = nonbinding; it tells the council what residents want. [Source: WGLT reporting]
Data-center hearing continues
Bloomington Planning Commission continues the data-center regulations hearing (hyperscale = 10+ acres / 10+ MW; the 1,000-ft setback fight). [Source: WGLT local news]
Council votes on data-center rules
Bloomington City Council vote on the data-center regulations. [Source: WGLT local news]
🏫 School Board Bulletins
School Board Bulletins live here
Unit 5 and District 87 decisions, distilled from public agendas, minutes, and recordings — registration cutoffs, bus changes, budget votes. The county's public agendas are the standing source; bulletins join this page as each board acts. [Source: McLean County Agenda Center]
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