Urbana set to unveil new school-zone signs Friday

URBANA – New signs announcing school zones throughout the city of Urbana have been installed and will be unveiled at a ceremony at Prairie Elementary School on Friday.

A release from the city public works department said the city received $85,000 from the Illinois Safe Routes to School Program, a federally funded program administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, to install the new school-zone signs.

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