By: Diane Benjamin Link to all previous stories from Part #4: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/10/road-ratings-part-4/ Sorry, but I’m still not done mapping the rated 3 roads. This part has a ton of tiny roads and small roads with pieces rated 3 and other pieces rated 4. Part #6 should be the end. Just so you know, some of […]
By: Diane Benjamin Part 3 has a link to the first two stories: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/09/road-ratings-part-3/ I might be able to finish this with one more part. Keep in mind I’m only summarizing the number of lane miles for the worst roads – those rated 3. There are MANY just slightly better at 4. The picture below […]
By: Diane Benjamin Part 2 with a link to Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/08/road-ratings-part-2/ Today’s edition covers north of Empire, east of Veterans, and north to where Bloomington ends on Fort Jesse. If you don’t understand a “3” rating, drive Fort Jesse. It is rated a 4 or better. Much of this section isn’t old. There are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/07/citizens-wants-the-roads-fixed-they-wont-be/ Today’s addition is east of Veterans, north of Oakland, and south of Empire: I mapped all the roads with the worst rating – 3. East Washington has a small section that’s 6 lanes – .06 miles x 6 = .36 lane miles It also has 2 sections that are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Using Bloomington’s Road ratings: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/36eea74c6ede4cd08e7d6ec03ed14246 and McLean County GIS: https://mcleangis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=541971ad75f248c38c9bc6ffcd3a7516 I mapped the roads with a 3 rating. The colors are too close to distinguish, but I didn’t find any roads rating less than 3. See the legend on the first link. Whoever created the legend did a poor job with colors […]
