Articles filed under Transportation
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Police: New charges for driver, bicyclist partly to blame for own deathSep 30, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect police announced Friday that additional charges have been brought against the driver involved in a fatal June collision with a 55-year-old bicyclist ridin...
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Elk Grove police stepping up enforcement on Route 83Sep 28, 2016 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village and Buffalo Grove police officers will be on the lookout for driving violations Friday on Route 83 as part of a traffic safety campaign. The department...
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Glen Ellyn hires engineers for Park Boulevard, Main Street roadworkSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - Plans to reconstruct and widen a stretch of Park Boulevard are ramping up now that Glen Ellyn trustees have asked engineers to prepare designs. Though the village doesn'...
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Barrington Hills man found dead in car co-owned Elgin demolition companySep 27, 2016 1:00 am - The 43-year-old Barrington Hills man found dead in a burning car in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood last week co-owned Elgin-based Omega Demolition Corp. Authorities say t...
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In Transit mailbag: Is plane air stale? What's up with jet noise?Sep 26, 2016 5:30 am - How fresh is the air in an airplane? Why are there only two lanes open on the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90)? And where did those jets over my house last night materialize f...
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Duckworth asks regulators to aid tollway in dispute with Canadian PacificSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth has asked federal regulators to intervene on behalf of the Illinois Tollway in a standoff with the Canadian Pacific Railroad over land for ...
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First phase of North Branch Trail extension opensSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County officials last week celebrated the opening of the first phase of the North Branch Trail extension. The trail now extends 1.8 miles south from Caldwell and D...
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Lake County project lists onlineSep 23, 2016 1:00 am - Information about various ongoing projects is available through an easy-to-use Lake County Capital Improvement Projects web portal. The portal has been developed to help...
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Fireworks at tollway over fence contractSep 22, 2016 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway is facing scrutiny by lawmakers who chided directors Thursday for what they consider to be discriminatory treatment of a minority contractor. In Jul...
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Tollway gets one western bypass victory, but railroad land spat remainsSep 22, 2016 1:00 am - One obstacle to a western bypass around O'Hare fell Thursday as Illinois tollway directors approved a deal with Chicago to buy airport property, but another issue looms....