COMMUTER ALERT: Edens Expressway Seeing Major Traffic Backups Due to Kennedy Expressway Construction
Morning commuters: Good luck, and drive safe. After you've made it safely into work, let us know how your commute into the city was"Two mainline inbound lanes will be closed at a time," IDOT says, with lane shifts, overnight closures and various ramp closures expected. However,"to help minimize the impact to traffic, the reversible express lanes will remain open in the inbound direction, and motorists will not be able to exit the express lanes until Armitage Avenue.
"Later this summer, painting and the installation of new LED lighting will begin on inbound Hubbard's Cave between Ohio and Lake Streets," IDOT says. According to the release, next year, the express lanes will be closed to accommodate a rehabilitation of the Reversible Lane Access Control System, known as REVLAC.
According to officials, stage 2 projects are expected to begin in the spring of 2024, and be completed in fall of 2024.The third stage of the construction, IDOT says, will address the outbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway.
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