November 15 – November 28, 2014
Detours. The southern intersection of Willow Road and Wagner Road is closed to install the utility and roadway improvements. The Wagner Road intersection is expected to be closed for three weeks and is tentatively set to re-open mid-December. Regional traffic will be detoured west to Waukegan Road. Click here to see the detour route.
Waukegan Road. The work along Waukegan is substantially complete and all of the north south lanes have re-opened. Only one left hand turn lane will be in place, until the pavement work on Willow is complete.
Sunset Ridge Road Intersection. The intersection remains open to north and south bound traffic, but there are no left turns permitted onto Willow Road from Sunset Ridge or onto Sunset Ridge from Willow. These left hand turn restrictions are anticipated to remain in place through the end of November. Over the next two weeks, the contractor will be working on the western half of the intersection.
Bracken to Chapel Hill. Paving is complete. The contractor will be installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, and driveway aprons over the next two weeks.
Chapel Hill to the River. The 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 be impacted, for short periods, to install the utilities and construct the intersections.
River Bridge. The contractor plans to finish constructing the southern bridge sub deck and pour the bridge deck before Thanksgiving.
River Bridge to Edens. Nicor’ s gas main cut-over has been completed and after they remove all of their equipment and materials from the area, the contractor will be able to access the area to begin work on the water and sewer utilities.
Edens Bridge to Linder. The new sidewalk on the bridge deck should be poured within the next week and parapet wall reconstruction will proceed after the sidewalk is poured. This area remains closed. The east bound exit ramp has been fully reopened and signage is scheduled to be installed over the next week.
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
