Articles filed under Transportation
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Palatine hires new firm to operate red-light camerasMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Palatine is changing red-light camera vendors for the first time in 13 years and will keep fines for those moving violation citations at $100 each. The village council e...
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Kane County will consider 4-cent per gallon gas tax increaseMar 16, 2021 5:00 pm - Kane County will start exploring options to increase its local gas tax, as officials learned Tuesday there are $163 million in projects on the county's five-year transpo...
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Driver escapes vehicle struck by train near Lake BarringtonMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - A driver was able to safely exit a vehicle stopped on the railroad tracks near Kelsey Road and Route 14 adjacent to Lake Barrington before that vehicle was struck by a M...
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Construction project on Randall Road to be finalized in JuneMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - Electricians have installed permanent traffic signal poles and signal heads throughout the 2018 Randall Road construction project. The signal poles will be fully install...
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Train strikes car on tracks in Lake BarringtonMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - A Metra train struck a car that was improperly on the railroad tracks Thursday evening in Lake Barrington. Lake County sheriff's deputies responded to the crash at Route...
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Stearns School Road bridge to closeMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - Stearns School Road between Hunt Club Road and Dilleys Road in Gurnee will be closed for nine months beginning Monday, March 15, to accommodate construction of a new bri...
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Bliss Road lane closure, detour to start Monday, for four-month culvert projectMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - Bliss Road in Sugar Grove will be closed to southbound traffic from Main Street Road near Batavia to Healy Road starting Monday, as a concrete box culvert is replaced. T...
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4-cents-per-gallon fuel tax coming to Lake County this summerMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - A 4-cent-per-gallon fuel tax will take effect in Lake County beginning July 1. The Lake County Board on Tuesday enacted the measure by a vote of 14-7. The approval was e...
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Bridge work begins Monday in Fox River Grove, CaryMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - Work on the Northwest Highway (Route 14) bridge over the Fox River in Cary and Fox River Grove will begin, weather permitting, Monday, March 15. Northwest Highway will ...
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Will Southwest Airlines' move into O'Hare mean more cheap fares?Mar 08, 2021 4:30 am - Southwest Airlines shook up Chicago aviation norms in mid-February, launching 16 new flights a day from O'Hare International Airport, smack in United and American airlin...