Transportation
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Illinois Ave. work set to begin in PalatineApr 21, 2024 9:12 am - Work is scheduled to begin this week on resurfacing Illinois Avenue from Quentin Road to Plum Grove Road in Palatine. The village received about $1.15 million in Surface...
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‘It’s served a great purpose for us’: Lake County’s highway advisory radio being retiredApr 18, 2024 8:10 pm - An AM radio station operating for nearly 20 years in Lake County never registered on any ratings or rankings. But for awhile it was a reliable source of traffic informati...
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‘I’m begging you’: Distraught tollway workers ask board, Pritzker to avert potential layoffsApr 18, 2024 6:44 pm - Illinois tollway employees packed the boardroom Thursday, some of them in tears, as they implored agency leaders to keep their jobs intact. SEIU Local 73 members, who inc...
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United Airlines reports $124 million loss in a quarter marred by grounding of some Boeing planes
Apr 16, 2024 3:23 pm - United Airlines said Tuesday that it lost $124 million in the first quarter, which it blamed on a three-week grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9s after a panel blew off an ...
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Illinois among 15 states tapped to help enforce airline consumer laws
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Salvage crews race against the clock to remove massive chunks of fallen Baltimore bridge
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Cook County launches website to track, promote ADA effortsApr 15, 2024 12:18 pm - The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways has launched a website as part of its Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan public outreach efforts. T...
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Protests disrupt traffic into O’Hare during morning rush, 40 taken into custodyApr 15, 2024 10:45 am - Forty people were taken into custody by Chicago police Monday after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked traffic heading into O’Hare International Airport during the mor...
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More lanes on Eisenhower? Extend Route 390 west? Tollway starting to make plans for futureApr 15, 2024 5:30 am - After myriad brainstorming sessions, hearings and fiery debate, the Illinois tollway board approved a controversial rate hike for its supersized Move Illinois program in ...
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Rail crossing at routes 120 and 83 in Grayslake to closeApr 12, 2024 12:31 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting drivers that the rail crossing on Route 120 (Belvidere Road) west of Route 83 (Barron Boulevard) will be closed for ...