News Flash

Link - Public Works Update 12.11.25

The Snow Emergency, including odd/even parking, is now canceled. 

Due to the anticipated weather conditions, we're declaring a Snow Emergency beginning at 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 6. At that time, cars should be parked on the even-addressed side of the street.

The Snow Emergency, including odd/even parking, is now canceled. 

Due to the anticipated weather conditions, we're declaring a Snow Emergency beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 29.  At that time, cars should be parked on the odd addressed side of the street.

Link - Public Works Update 11.25.25

Link - Public Works Update 11.20.25

Link - Public Works Update 11.13.25

Link - Public Works Update 11.6.25

Link - Public Works Update 10.30.25

The City of Rockford is proud to announce the reopening of Whitman Street on Monday, October 27 at noon. This major project completely reconstructed Whitman/School Street from Avon Street to Church Street. The road will reopen to traffic, with only minor finishing work and short-term lane closures remaining.

To date, this has been the largest project funded by the City’s 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax. Beyond rebuilding one of the City’s most deteriorated roadways, the project includes several significant upgrades and community enhancements:

• Conversion from four lanes to three for traffic calming and safety
• A new, separated 5-foot sidewalk on the north side
• Extension of the Mel B. Anderson Recreational Path from Talcott-Page Park to Church Street, with future plans to connect to the Rock River Recreational Path via the Activate Church & Main project
• A single-lane roundabout at Whitman Street and Ridge Avenue, improving safety and access
• Sanitary sewer, water main, and storm sewer upgrades
• Lead service pipe replacements
• Landscaping and gateway features at the neighborhood entrance
• Improved sight distance and safety west of Ridge Avenue by reducing sharp curves
• Upgraded railroad crossings and surface improvements
• Blight reduction through the removal of a dilapidated property at Ridge and Whitman

At a construction cost of nearly $10 million, the project was managed and inspected in-house by City staff and delivered on time and on budget over the course of two years.

The City extends its sincere appreciation to our Public Works staff, partners at FRSA and the Rockford Park District, design consultant IMEG, water engineer Fehr Graham and contractor NTRAK for their exceptional work and collaboration.

Link - Public Works Update 10.23.25

Link - Public Works Update 10.16.25

Link - Public Works Update 10.2.25

The City of Rockford is celebrating Arbor Day 2025 by planting ten new trees at West View Elementary as part of our urban forestry initiative and grant-funded community efforts.

Residents can participate in a hands-on morning of tree planting. The City is looking for 20 volunteers to help get these trees in the ground. Come ready to work—with sturdy shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Then, afterwards, the City is hosting a tree giveaway.

Where: West View Elementary School, 1720 Halsted RoadWhen: Saturday, April 26Tree Planting: Starts at 8 a.m.Tree Giveaway: Starts at noon 

Want to volunteer to plant a tree? Email Taylor.Hennelly@rockfordil.gov to sign up!

The City of Rockford and the Rockford Mass Transit District announced that beginning February 1, 2025, any individual in the community enrolled in a local post-secondary education program or in a local adult General Educational Development (GED)/High School Equivalency (HSE) program will now be able to ride RMTD’s fixed route service for free.Individuals who have a valid student photo I.D. for the spring 2025 semester from any of the following local institutions: Rock Valley College (RVC), Rockford Career College (RCC), Rockford University, NIU Rockford, Judson, Rasmussen, U of I College of Medicine, OSF Nursing - can access the free ride program by simply showing their valid student photo I.D. when boarding a RMTD bus. For those individuals currently enrolled in adult GED/HSE programs offered by RVC, Rockford Public Schools (RPS) & Goodwill, as well as the Rockford Public Library Adult Online High School, RMTD will be coordinating with those providers to distribute free passes to their program participants.  The new free ride programs are being implemented in an effort to help reduce barriers to accessing educational and training opportunities in the community. In 2022, we implement Veteran and K-12 student free ride programs on the fixed route system.

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