Articles filed under IDOT
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Simultaneous projects expected to cause traffic woes along long stretch of Milwaukee AvenueApr 11, 2015 7:30 am - The promised mess came to pass Friday as lanes of traffic on busy Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville were closed for advance work on a grinding and resurfacing project. No...
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15 trucks hit new railroad bridge in BensenvilleMar 24, 2015 1:00 am - A new railroad bridge over Irving Park and York roads in Bensenville opened with a bang this week after at least 15 trucks hit the structure, a fiasco officials worried ...
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Expect delays as Circle Interchange work beginsMar 05, 2015 12:00 am - Traffic-mageddon? Perhaps that's too dire. But west suburbanites hoping to zip home from Chicago this spring and summer should lower their expectations to snail time. Th...
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Pyke: What local legislators say about transit cutsMar 02, 2015 4:30 am - If you're a Republican state lawmaker whose voters depend on Metra to get to work, can you defend a budget that cuts public transit? And if you're a Democrat from the su...
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Stevenson football championship signs:Mar 02, 2015 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation has recently installed three Class 8A Illinois Football State Champions signs on northbound Milwaukee Avenue, eastbound Half Da...
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Rauner's transportation budget: Bikers up, transit downMar 01, 2015 7:00 am - Motorcycle riders win and disabled transit riders lose, an analysis of transportation funding in the budget proposed by Gov. Bruce Rauner indicates. The budget also reco...
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Algonquin to build new path, widen Highland AvenueFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - Algonquin is applying for state funds to build next year a new "shared-use" path for walking, bicycling, and inline skating. The path will run along Highland Avenue fro...
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Des Plaines streetlight plans at Lee and Forest move forwardFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - Plans to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Lee Street and Forest Avenue in Des Plaines are moving along. The city council this week approved a letter of co...
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IDOT hired 1,765 after Rauner asked for freezeFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's request for a hiring freeze fizzled at the Illinois Department of Transportation, where 1,765 workers were added following his Nov. 4 election. About...
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Mount Prospect weighs easing turn restrictions at Millers LaneJan 25, 2015 12:01 am - When Mount Prospect's Millers Station subdivision was built in 1993, the original plan was to allow right turns from Millers Lane onto Central Road. But concerns from n...