On Friday, March 28, IDOT will be closing the northern intersection of Willow Road and Wagner, by Middlefork School. The intersection will be closed to allow for the relocation and installation of utilities and will remain closed for one week. The construction crews will start, after the close of school, on Friday, March 28. They will work longer hours and on the weekends to try to get the intersection re-opened before school resumes after spring break. Local traffic is being detoured to the Old Willow/Northfield Road intersection.
Click here to see the detour route http://www.northfieldil.org/documents/Willow/Exhibits/Wagner_Detour.pdf
During the detour period the Village will:
- closely monitor the Northfield Road intersection, and will request that IDOT make adjustments to the signal timing, if needed, to minimize traffic backups;
- continue to provide special Police patrols on the local streets to reduce speeding and cut through traffic; and,
- continue to ensure that emergency responses routes are maintained to all part of the community for police, fire and ambulance access.
Detailed construction work and current traffic conditions can be tracked at http://northfieldwillowroad.blogspot.com/ ; through Facebook at Willow Road Construction Project; or through Twitter at @willowroadcp. Please note that the actual start dates and activities may change due to weather or other conflicts. #willowroadcp
