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Elgin, IL · Traffic & Transit
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Aurora announces new downtown traffic pattern following building collapse
Aurora police and city officials say a new traffic pattern is in place downtown following Wednesday's partial building collapse. Galena Boulevard is now open to eastbound traffic at Broadway. Westbound traffic on Galena remains closed. Southbound Broadway traffic is also open at Galena, while northbound Broadway remains closed. Eastbound traffic...
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Weekend lane closures on eastbound I-80 in Joliet
IDOT announced today that bridge deck repairs and pavement patching on Interstate 80 between Houbolt Road and Richards Street, in Joliet, will require weekend lane closures. . Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, lane closures are scheduled to take place on eastbound I-80, between Houbolt Road and Richards Street....
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City To Make Downtown Third Street Pavement Repair
A one-block stretch of Third Street in downtown Geneva will be closed to traffic and parking for seven days beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17, as the City repairs a section of damaged pavement. The closure will extend from Fulton to South streets, as detailed on the project map. Sidewalks will be...
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Illinois Railway Museum acquires ex-Burlington bilevel gallery cars
UNION, Ill. — The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) has acquired a second complete and operational train of bilevel gallery cars, this one from the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. The stainless-steel consist of two coaches and a cab car arrived at the museum grounds on Wednesday night (Nov. 11), having spent approximately the last [...] Read More...
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Route 25 Reopened At State Street After Construction Truck Strikes Electric Pole Nov. 13, Public Works Restores Power To All Customers
The Geneva Public Works Department is responding to a power outage Nov. 13 near Route 25, generally north of State Street (Route 38). Crews are investigating what caused the outage. An estimated time for service restoration has not been determined. Updates will be posted when more information is available. Latest...
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Brookfield may move downtown worker parking across the tracks
Brookfield officials are considering restructuring parking along the BNSF railroad tracks west of the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Brookfield, Fairview and Prairie avenues to create more parking space north of the tracks for visitors and commuters. Deputy Police Chief Jim Mihalik presented a proposed revision to village code on...
The Center Square
New transit authority unveils $5B budget mixing cuts, more spending
(The Center Square) – The newly-formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority is engaging with counties, public transit riders and transit experts to pass its proposed $5.04 billion budget for the upcoming year. NITA is composed of transit organizations that serve Chicago and the city’s suburbs, including the Chicago Transit Authority, Pace bus system and Metra commuter rail network. The organization was created earlier this year as part of a broader effort to increase funding for public transit statewide. Compared to the proposed NITA budget, the RTA’s last budget was $4.35 billion this year. In a presentation at the NITA Board of Directors meeting Thursday, interim Chief Financial Officer Tom McKone explained the purpose of the larger budget and where the taxpayer funds will come from. “It's a balanced budget, a total of $5 billion,” McKone said. “The total region-wide revenues. Those are comprised of the NITA sales tax, along with system-generated revenues and about 30% of it coming from the State of Illinois sources.” McKone said that despite the increased total budget, the underlying agencies have found ways to get more out of existing services while spending less, beyond what was already required to be identified by the act creating NITA.