issued the following announcement on June 25
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that multiple improvement projects in northern Cook County are underway or starting soon and extending into 2022. The seven projects represent a total investment of more than $66 million for the region, made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker’s historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program.
“With the Rebuild Illinois capital plan, we are restoring and transforming Illinois’s aging infrastructure,” said Gov. Pritzker. “Rebuild Illinois is not only about investing in infrastructure but about investing in people and communities as well. In the coming months, IDOT will undertake projects that will ultimately create safer roads and bridges and provide jobs in northern Cook County and across the entire state.”
Projects include:
• Dempster Street (Illinois 58) at Niles Center Road and Skokie Boulevard (U.S. 41)
Intersection improvement with modernized traffic signals and dedicated turn lanes.
One lane in each direction will be closed to accommodate widening and median work on Dempster Street between Bronx and Kilpatrick avenues and on Skokie Boulevard between Crain and Greenwood streets. The project is scheduled to begin this summer and completed in late 2022.
• Church Street from Gross Point Road to Dodge Avenue
Ongoing resurfacing project. Daily lane closures are needed to complete the project, which began earlier this spring and is anticipated to be completed this summer.
• Arlington Heights Road from Palatine Road to Higgins Road (Illinois 72)
Ongoing resurfacing project. Daily lane closures are needed to complete the project, which began earlier this spring and is anticipated to be completed in late fall.
• Busse Road (Illinois 83) from Golf Road (Illinois 58) to Higgins Road
Ongoing resurfacing project. Daily lane closures are needed to complete the project, which began earlier this spring and is anticipated to be completed this summer.
• Palatine Road from Algonquin Road (Illinois 62) to east of Roselle Road
Ongoing resurfacing project. Daily lane closures are needed to complete the project, which began earlier this spring and is anticipated to be completed this fall.
• Wolf Road from Illinois 21 to north of Hintz Road
Reconstruction project. Wolf Road is currently closed to southbound traffic and is anticipated to reopen this fall. The detour is Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois 21/U.S. 45) and Hintz Road. Upon completion of the current stage, one lane in each direction will be maintained. The project started in spring 2020 and is anticipated to be completed in late 2022.
• Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90) from Harlem Avenue (Illinois 43) to Interstate 190
The ongoing project includes widening and resurfacing, new noise and retaining walls, lighting, drainage improvements and a new collector-distributor road at the Cumberland Avenue interchange along the outbound expressway. Three lanes in each direction are maintained. The project started in fall 2018, inbound work was completed last year, overall work will be substantially completed by the end of the year.
“These projects represent a significant investment in northern Cook County and are a big step forward in our work to improve safety, mobility and create economic opportunity for years to come,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. “We’re asking drivers to be patient, slow down and pay extra attention driving in and around any work zone.”
In addition to improving roads and bridges, Rebuild Illinois identifies in the Chicago area $400 million for the CREATE program, $500 million to establish passenger rail to the Quad Cities and Rockford, and $4 billion for the Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.
Passed in 2019, Rebuild Illinois is investing $33.2 billion into the state’s aging transportation system, creating jobs and promoting economic growth. Rebuild Illinois is not only the largest capital program in state history but also the first one that touches all modes of Illinois transportation: roads and bridges, transit, waterways, freight and passenger rail, aviation, and bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.
For more information on IDOT projects, click here. Find traffic and road conditions at http://www.gettingaroundillinois.com/. You also can follow IDOT on Facebook and Twitter.
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