Articles filed under Transportation
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Hundreds of cancellations at Midway Airport after tower technicians contract coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Flights are operating at a reduced rate at Midway International Airport after authorities closed its air traffic control tower when several technicians tested positive T...
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I-88 repair work beginning this weekMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - Maintenance and repair work is scheduled to begin this week on the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) between the Aurora Toll Plaza and Illinois Route 59 in Naperville and t...
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Gas prices see double-digit dropMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - AURORA - Americans are seeing the lowers gasoline prices of the year, according to AAA - The Auto Club Group, as pump prices plummeted by double digits in 35 states. The...
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Tollway stops accepting cash as way to prevent coronavirus spreadMar 15, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway is temporarily suspending manual toll payments and shifting to entirely electronic payments to prevent spread of the coronavirus to drivers and empl...
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Customs agents doubled after 'totally unacceptable' delays at O'HareMar 15, 2020 1:00 am - Authorities said they've doubled the number of customs agents on duty at O'Hare International Airport after hundreds of frustrated travelers returning from overseas stoo...
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Doorage to help students during virusMar 14, 2020 1:00 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Due to the coronavirus that is forcing thousands of local college students to leave their campuses, Doorage Storage Solutions is focusing only on stu...
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Pedestrian bridge part of Schaumburg plan for North Meacham RoadMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - A pedestrian bridge over Meacham Road between Thoreau Drive and Progress Parkway in Schaumburg is now officially part of the village's plan to unite major economic redev...
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Seeing red? How Lake County hopes new visors keep traffic signals visible in snowstormsMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation wants to make drivers see red. And it will be a good thing when they do, officials say. The county board this week approved a ...
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Prospect Heights approves plan for Chicago Executive Airport that would eliminate a runwayMar 10, 2020 5:30 am - Prospect Heights City Council members Monday night narrowly approved a controversial new layout plan for Chicago Executive Airport that includes eliminating one of the f...
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Senate's new oversight committee has its eye on the tollwayMar 10, 2020 1:00 am - A group of Illinois senators is creating an oversight committee to scrutinize transportation agencies in the state following concerns about patronage. One of its first p...