Transportation
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Shoe Factory Road in Hoffman Estates closed for railroad repairs Sept. 15-20Sep 11, 2025 3:28 pm - Shoe Factory Road in Hoffman Estates will be closed between Beverly Road and Sutton Road starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15 for railroad track repairs.
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Along for the Ride: Cook Co. invests more than $1.5M in suburban biking infrastructureSep 10, 2025 7:32 pm - Cook County has awarded grants totaling over $1.5 million for biking infrastructure projects in several suburbs and the Forest Preserves of Cook County.
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‘Might not be right for Rolling Meadows’: Council rejects plan to narrow Kirchoff RoadSep 10, 2025 6:49 pm - Rolling Meadows’ city council voted 4-3 against implementing a so-called “road diet” of a milelong stretch of Kirchoff Road that would have reduced the thoroughfare from five lanes to three.
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Northwest Municipal Conference to host summit on e-bike and e-scooter policies Sept. 22Sep 10, 2025 5:27 pm - The Northwest Municipal Conference is organizing a summit aimed at providing greater clarity and coherence among its member suburbs’ e-bike and e-scooter regulations on Monday, Sept. 22.
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Part of Route 14 in Barrington closed beginning Sept. 15Sep 09, 2025 2:23 pm - A stretch of Route 14 through Barrington will be fully closed beginning Monday, Sept. 15, as part of ongoing work to build an underpass at the Canadian National Railway tracks.
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Advantage Metra: Feds give agency track rights in Union Pacific disputeSep 08, 2025 7:23 pm - Feud over cost of Metra running trains on UP tracks shouldn’t affect passengers, regulators say.
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Palatine street closing for water main constructionSep 08, 2025 2:46 pm - As part of ongoing water main construction, East Reseda Parkway will be closed on both sides of Hicks Road in Palatine beginning Tuesday and lasting for about 14 days, village officials said.
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IDOT is studying a solution for traffic-prone corridor. “Nothing has been ruled out or in.”Sep 07, 2025 8:15 pm - There’s little disagreement among Lake County residents that Route 120 is fraught with time-wasting, crash-causing gridlock. That’s why local and state officials have spe...
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How runway safety system slowed plane, averted disaster in WheelingSep 04, 2025 2:18 pm - A concrete safety system slowed down a small airplane that overshot a Chicago Executive Airport runway Wednesday and kept it from hurtling onto a nearby road.
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‘Very, very fortunate’: No injuries when plane overshoots Chicago Executive runwaySep 03, 2025 3:18 pm - A small jet overshot a runway while landing at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling on Wednesday afternoon and crashed through a fence.