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Mason City, IL · Traffic & Transit
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Five QCA Subways close; franchisee says he ‘just ran out of time’
The franchisee of five Illinois Quad Cities Subways has closed all five of the stores. Gerold Shelton told Our Quad Cities News on Saturday that he has a store in Moline on 19th Avenue, inside the Moline Walmart, and others in Milan, Coal Valley and Aledo. “I’ve been a franchisee with Subway since 2021, and […]
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Unit 5 working to solve problem of some buses arriving late for school
Unit 5 is working to solve transportation hurdles that lead to some students getting to school late. Two high school teachers spoke Wednesday during the school board’s monthly meeting to ask the school district to address the issue. The school district already had plans to implement changes on Thursday.
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Drivers warned of delays near Shabbona and Peru
Heads up to DeKalb County drivers. The Illinois Department of Transportation says Route 30 east of Shabbona will be closed beginning Sunday at the Union Pacific crossing. The closure is expected to last about a week for repairs. The detour will take drivers along I-39, Route 38 and Route 23.
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Mowing hillsides to cause lane closures in Decatur
DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - The City of Decatur Forestry crew will be mowing the hillsides at the 1800-2000 blocks of N. 22nd St. at the underpass on Wednesday, October 21. This work will cause the closure of the southbound outside lane from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the northbound outside lane from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Signs and cones will be there to direct traffic.
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Illinois law redefines transit for teens
Walking on a downtown Chicago sidewalk on Oct. 7, ninth grader Lincoln Hoog heard a bell ring. There wasn’t enough time for him to process the sound and move out of the way before he was hit by someone riding an electric scooter. “And he came by, and I didn’t move fast enough for something, but he was going at least 10, 12 miles per hour, and he hit me,” Lincoln said. “I think he just actually glanced at me and got knocked into the wall or something, so nobody was injured. But it was pretty scary, and we always see them fly down the sidewalks downtown on e-bikes, and the delivery drivers. And so, it is pretty scary, and it is definitely a safety hazard.”
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Illinois is rebuilding a major Quad Cities interchange in a $129 million project
Drivers in the Quad Cities region of Illinois are facing a major highway construction project that could reshape daily travel for years to come. The Illinois Department of Transportation has launched a $129 million reconstruction of the Interstate 74 interchange with John Deere Road, also known as Illinois 5, in Moline.
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Pekin school board delays Alltown bus contract vote
PEKIN (25News Now) - The Pekin 108 school board voted Monday night to delay a decision on the Alltown bus contract to Nov. 16 after members raised concerns about the contract’s language and logistics. In August, Pekin 108 canceled school for the rest of the first week after buses...