DuPage County briefs

Work begins on bike shelters:

Construction of new covered bicycle shelters at the downtown Naperville and Route 59 Metra stations will begin this week. The downtown Naperville shelter, which is set for completion in late June, will add roughly 52 bicycle parking spaces to the existing 155 spaces. It will be located on the east side of the north platform. The Route 59 Metra station also will receive a new bicycle shelter, which will add roughly 46 bicycle parking spaces to the existing 67 spaces. It will be located to the east of the existing bicycle shelter parking. The city is building the two shelters in response to commuter requests for additional bicycle parking at both of the city's Metra stations.

Leaders to discuss road work:

Naperville will hold an open house to tell residents more about the scope and status of improvements to the intersection of 75th and Washington streets. The event goes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at Lincoln Junior High, 1320 S. Olympus Drive. The city began the expansion project in March and expects it to take two years.

Walk to benefit research:

The Arthritis Foundation will hold its annual Arthritis Walk in Naperville at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Riverwalk on Jackson Avenue. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and is free. Three-mile and one-mile routes are available. More than 46 million people of all ages suffer from arthritis. For more information, visit arthritis.org.

Addison roadside check:

The Addison Police Department will conduct a Roadside Safety Checkpoint from 8 p.m. Friday, May 29, to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at 1111 W. Lake St., just east of Itasca Road. Vehicles traveling east on Lake Street will be stopped in a pre-established, systematic fashion for a brief inspection of safety and driver violations. Police will check vehicle registrations, driver's licenses, proof of insurance and driver sobriety in addition to vehicle safety violations. For details, call Sgt. Mike Tierney at (630) 543-3080.

Dist. 203 unveils Web sites:

Following a three-year process, Naperville Unit District 203 has launched 16 newly redesigned school Web sites, the last of the 22 sites to be updated in hopes of making them more user-friendly. One of the newest editions to all 22 sites is the installation of Google Translate, which allows copy to be translated into 34 languages. A content management tool allows the schools to keep content fresh so information may be posted in a timely manner. Americaneagle.com Inc. worked on the sites with a team of district staff led by Deanne Fulner and Tracy Oliver. The district Web site is naperville203.org.