Construction
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Batavia to spend more than $3 million on Peace Bridge ramp project
Apr 27, 2025 11:30 am - Batavia City Council members have approved more than $3 million in contracts for the construction of the Peace Bridge ramp and related electrical work. The new ramp is expected to be open next spring.
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Barrington breaks ground on long-awaited Route 14 underpassApr 23, 2025 4:14 pm - In an event 17 years in the making, Barrington officials finally sank shovels in the dirt Wednesday, getting construction on the Route 14 underpass officially underway.
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The Tri-State, Route 53, the Kennedy, oh my — What to expect on this year’s road construction menuApr 20, 2025 9:00 pm - Here’s where the jackhammers will be focused as road work season blooms.
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Marmion Abbey selling part of site to housing developerApr 16, 2025 1:09 pm - Marmion Abbey wants to sell part of its campus in Aurora to a residential home builder.
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Developers look to convert offices into studio apartments in Cary
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After Wirtz proposal in Mundelein, Illinois House passes bill allowing impact fees for new school buildingsApr 10, 2025 9:17 pm - The Illinois House this week approved legislation 113-0 allowing municipalities to impose impact fees to help cover the costs of constructing new school buildings.
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Lake County’s $117 million road construction season set to begin. Here’s what’s in the planApr 09, 2025 8:28 pm - With several projects already up and running, the Lake County Division of Transportation outlines what else to expect during a busy $117 million construction program.
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Lake Zurich leaders hope sale of key lakefront property will spark redevelopmentApr 08, 2025 5:46 pm - After more than 20 years of proposals that haven’t materialized, Lake Zurich officials on Monday sold a prime property downtown with hopes it finally will be developed and boost ongoing revitalization efforts.
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State legislators say they will ‘untie the hands’ of Mundelein officials for Ivanhoe Village school impactApr 04, 2025 6:33 pm - Mundelein-area school districts again are urging officials to slow the process involving the proposed Ivanhoe Village mega-development in light of pending turnover on the village board and word from state lawmakers about legislation they plan to introduce.
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3D printed and factory-built homes could help tackle housing crisis
Mar 29, 2025 1:11 pm - As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls.