September 19 to October 3, 2014
- Northfield Road Detour. On Monday, September 22, 2014 NICOR will close the southern intersection of Willow Road and Northfield Road to relocate the gas main. The intersection will be closed for five days and will re-open on Saturday, September 27. Local traffic will be detoured east to Happ Road. Click here to see the detour map: http://www.northfieldil.org/E-News/Northfield_Road_Detour.pdf
- Waukegan Road. On Wednesday, September 24, Waukegan Road traffic will be switched to the Phase 3 configuration. This is a split traffic pattern that will allow them to complete the center median work. All lanes on Waukegan are anticipated to be reopened by the early October.
- Waukegan Road to Chapel Hill. The final electrical, topsoil and sodding operations are underway.
- Chapel Hill to the River. The pavement removal; water, sanitary, and storm sewer installation; and earthwork are all underway. As the work progresses, the local streets on the south side of the corridor will have to be closed for short periods to install the utilities and construct the intersections. Special detour alerts will be posted one week prior to any of these closures taking place.
- Bridge to the Edens. On Monday, September 22, the traffic will be switched to the Phase II configuration placing all of the traffic on the north side of the right of way. As soon as this is complete, they will begin constructing the south side of the bridge, pavement demolition, and utility installations. At this point, the south intersection leg at Happ and Willow is tentatively planned to be closed on September 29th for a three week period. A special detour alert and map will be posted one week prior to the closure taking place.
- Edens Ramps. The final electrical, signage, topsoil, pavement marking, and landscape work are underway. These areas are scheduled to be reopened in early October.
The detailed construction work and traffic conditions can be tracked at http://northfieldwillowroad.blogspot.com/ ; through Facebook at Willow Road Construction Project; or through Twitter at @willowroadcp. As always, actual start dates and activities may change due to weather or other conflicts. #willowroadcp
