Transportation
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Political Roundabout: Mayors in Crespo’s corner, Schneider gets primaried, and is a service tax on tap?May 26, 2025 11:03 am - Suburban mayors are springing to the defense of Democratic state Rep. Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates. That and more in the latest edition of Political Roundabout.
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A ‘golden summer of cheap flights’ or more airport meltdowns? A preview of summer travel seasonMay 25, 2025 3:32 pm - What’s up with gas prices? Is it safe to fly to Newark? We answer these questions and more, plus experts offer tips for getaways, as summer travel season gets underway.
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Route 31 in Geneva closing for train bridge repairsMay 25, 2025 12:59 pm - The Route 31 underpass in Geneva will be closed for two days, beginning 9 a.m. Monday, June 2, as Union Pacific conducts train bridge repairs, officials announced.
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Longmeadow Parkway wins national engineering award
May 25, 2025 11:00 am - The Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor over the Fox River near Carpentersville received an Engineering Excellence Award last week from the American Council of Engineering Companies.
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‘Anything to raise awareness’: Drivers asked to watch for turtles crossing roadsMay 23, 2025 1:42 pm - Wildlife experts are reminding drivers to be alert for turtles crossing roads near lakes, ponds and marshes throughout the region searching for water, food and mates.
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‘Vital step’ to ending discrimination: Senate approves bill raising age for senior road examsMay 22, 2025 5:44 pm - Policy also allows family members to report unsafe drivers of any age. Now it’s up to Gov. JB Pritzker who has to sign the bill to make it a law.
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McHenry County Board votes to lower speed limits on 3 roads
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2 people killed when private plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, authorities say
May 22, 2025 7:54 am - A private jet crashed into a neighborhood of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego during foggy weather early Thursday, igniting cars and homes and killing two people while injuring multiple others, authorities said.
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Batavia to close road near subdivision being builtMay 22, 2025 6:43 am - Stretches of two streets where the Ashton Ridge subdivision is being built in Batavia will be closed to through traffic from Tuesday until August for road and utility wor...
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Downtown Palatine railroad crossing closed until ThursdayMay 21, 2025 10:58 am - The railroad crossing at Brockway Street in downtown Palatine will be closed until 5 p.m. Thursday as the Union Pacific Railroad performs an emergency track repair.