– Some City streets will be closed this Sunday, May 3, for the annual Bloomsday Run. The start area, downtown on Riverside Ave. between Lincoln and Post streets, will close at 5:00 a.m. The streets surrounding the start area close at 7:00 a.m., and the rest of the course closes at 8:15 a.m. to traffic. Additionally, the Monroe St. Bridge will close at 5:30 a.m. and Washington couplet closes at 7 a.m.
The race begins at 9 a.m.; the streets in the downtown core will reopen around 11:30 a.m. and the remaining streets will reopen around 2 p.m.
– A project to install a concrete intersection and make improvements to the traffic signals at Francis Ave. and Nevada St. begins Monday, May 4. Nevada St. from Rosewood to Decatur avenues will be closed to traffic. Francis Ave. will be reduced to one lane in each direction.