After nearly 3 years of planning, construction began Tuesday on the Miller Media Group's new on-premise message board in front of its Park Street studios in Taylorville.

Brad Tullis Excavating and Poggenpohl Concrete did the work to install the sign support pole as well as 5 parking stops around the sign.  

Star Electric will be doing the electrical work in coming days.

And, the 2 L-E-D sign panels will then be installed by Lilly Signs, the general contractor.

All vendors on the project are local.

The Miller Media Group will promote its 6 Taylorville-based radio stations, as well as taylorvilledailynews-dot-com and the group's digital division, on the new board. It'll also be used to promote other facets of community life.

The new on-premise electronic sign should be operational in the next few weeks after wiring and testing area completed.