Articles filed under Transportation
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Editorial: In search of O'Hare Airport noise reliefAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - If you live near O'Hare International Airport, the term "Fly Quiet" may be a misnomer. But when it comes to overnight flights, it's an important term that is in need of ...
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Delays expected with new traffic flow at Libertyville HighAug 01, 2017 5:30 am - Libertyville High School students, parents, staffers, bus drivers and visitors will have to learn a new traffic flow when classes begin in two weeks. Patterns are ch...
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Retiring FAA chief talks possible 'end game' for O'Hare rotationJul 31, 2017 5:30 am - As Chicago rolls out another overnight runway rotation test at O'Hare International Airport, some suburbanites will curse the skies at unexpected jet noise while others ...
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Barrington's Main Street reopens to driversJul 31, 2017 1:00 am - Drivers can again use all of Main Street in downtown Barrington after sewer and water line replacement work was completed, village officials said Monday. Known as Lake-C...
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Chicago Executive Airport mulling ways to help Wheeling, Prospect Heights residents with noiseJul 29, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago Executive Airport could be ready to help its neighbors find some relief from airplane noise — through new flight patterns or funding soundproofing projects — jus...
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Tollway wants higher I-90 speeds, but officials warn of confusionJul 28, 2017 5:30 am - Tollway directors approved increasing speeds on the recently reconstructed Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) Thursday, but it was with some reservations about the smorgasbord o...
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59-year-old man dies in Des Plaines after being struck by Metra trainJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - A 59-year-old man died Thursday evening after being struck by a Metra train in downtown Des Plaines, officials said Friday morning. Witnesses told investigators the man ...
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Fairfield Road to close Aug. 7-20Jul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Stretches of Fairfield Road between Route 176 and Old McHenry Road near Hawthorn Woods will be closed to traffic starting 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, so Lake County Division ...
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Heller Lumber Co. thanks railroad for new lifelineJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Officials at Heller Lumber Co. are crediting Union Pacific with replacing aging tracks on a railroad spur line that provides a lifeline to their long-standing business i...
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Elmhurst residents: Do more to cut O'Hare noiseJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - Roughly 50 Elmhurst residents complained about noise from O'Hare International Airport during a city council committee meeting this week - and the mayor and several coun...