Summer's Here!

Great news for enjoying the weather, but it also means road work and traffic interruptions. There's a good chance you've already encountered the work going occurring on Polo Road. Workers are improving the stormwater drainage in the area and adding a turn lane to Polo road in addition to resurfacing the area. Most of the work will be done this year and the road completely opened later this summer, but the final layer of asphalt is actually going to be laid next summer to allow the base to settle and to allow for other potential construction work in the area.

Other street projects include:

Broadway – 4^th to 5^th
Avenue F – 5^th to 7^th
E. 23^rd St – Locust – 3^rd
8^th Avenue – 4^th - 5^th
8^th Avenue – 6^th – 10^th
Johnson Ave – 9^th – 10^th
Woodlawn Rd – Route 2 – City Limits
6^th Avenue – 3^rd to 4^th

While the work can tie up traffic and cause temporary parking concerns, the end result more than makes up for it! Please give the workers a break and have a little patience while they're at work. Thanks for the cooperation!

Rock Falls Rockets Baseball

I just had to say congrats to the Rock Falls Rockets baseball team. Hopefully I don't jinx our neighbors, but after seeing their pitching stat line for the season, you can only we awed. Those are amazing stats. Best of luck to RF in their championship run. It's nice to see so many of our area teams succeeding in so many different prep sports!

Clean & Green

The City is putting on its first Clean & Green week. We're pretty excited about the event. For the first time in years, the City is offering Sterling residents the chance to dispose of large, non-hazardous junk items. This project is funded largely through the City's Solid Waste fund which is why we're limited to servicing Sterling residents.

Additionally, we're putting together a volunteer effort to do some cleanup projects around the City. We have several volunteers lined up to cleanup the downtown and parks in the City. We've also received some generous donations to help provide lunches and drinks to volunteers. We also received some assistance in sprucing up the entry signs on IL 40 and Freeport Road.

It's the first year, so we're managing expectations and hoping to learn a few things for future events. Hopefully everyone can be patient and help us make this a smooth running event that we can continue. Thanks for everyone's cooperation, particularly the Public Works employees who are going above and beyond with this project!