| | 2941: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 5 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With thousands of motorists expected to travel on state roadways over Easter weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that road work will be suspended where possible for the weekend to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow. IDOT also provided advance notice of lane closures that will be in place for the holiday weekend to aid motorists travel plans and improve safety. | | | | Date Created: | 04 05 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 334**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042512 Original UID: 22013 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2942: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 February 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced that a reconstruction and widening project on IL Rt. 62/Algonquin Rd. in South Barrington is expected to start in the middle of this week, weather permitting. | | | | Date Created: | 02 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042693 Original UID: 22224 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2943: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 March 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced that, weather permitting, on March 22nd, it will be starting a $23 million project to widen IL Rt. 21/Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville. The two-year project is intended to eliminate a bottleneck and enhance safety on the two mile stretch of Milwaukee Ave. from north of IL Rt. 137 to IL Rt. 120. | | | | Date Created: | 03 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042698 Original UID: 22229 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2944: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced they will host a free highway maintainer information session on April 27 and 28 in Peoria at the Workforce Network Conference Center. Participants will learn what it takes to become a highway maintainer. Session information will include position qualifications, employment application, testing procedure, and commercial drivers license (CDL) upgrade details. | | | | Date Created: | 04 19 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 393**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043124 Original UID: 22737 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2945: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced they will host a free highway maintainer veteran resource fair on May 2 at the Quincy Public Library. Participants will learn what it takes to become a highway maintainer. Session information will include position qualifications, employment application, testing procedure, and commercial drivers license (CDL) upgrade details. | | | | Date Created: | 04 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043387 Original UID: 22880 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2946: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced they will host a free highway maintainer information session on April 27 and 28 in Peoria at the Workforce Network Conference Center. Participants will learn what it takes to become a highway maintainer. Session information will include position qualifications, employment application, testing procedure, and commercial drivers license (CDL) upgrade details. | | | | Date Created: | 04 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 425**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043390 Original UID: 22909 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2947: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Marking national Earth Week in Illinois, Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider today highlighted several innovative sustainability practices and programs under way across the state. Schneider underscored the departments commitment to activities that build environmental awareness, preserve state funds, and make the most effective use of existing public resources. | | | | Date Created: | 04 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 447**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043422 Original UID: 22936 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2948: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP) and A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) will join forces to kick off the Start Seeing Motorcycles campaign, and unveil a proclamation during Motorcycle Awareness month. In addition, IDOT and partners will highlight compelling crash statistics and focus on the responsibility of all motorists to share the road with motorcyclists. | | | | Date Created: | 05 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 466**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043477 Original UID: 23000 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2949: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP), A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) and Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) will join forces to kick off the Start Seeing Motorcycles campaign, and unveil a proclamation during Motorcycle Awareness month. In addition, IDOT and partners will highlight compelling crash statistics and focus | | | | Date Created: | 05 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 467**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043478 Original UID: 23001 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2950: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP), A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) and Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) will join forces to kick off the Start Seeing Motorcycles campaign, and unveil a proclamation during Motorcycle Awareness month. In addition, IDOT and partners will highlight compelling crash statistics and focus on the responsibility of all motorists to share the road with motorcyclists. | | | | Date Created: | 05 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 468**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043479 Original UID: 23002 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2951: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP), A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) and Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) will join forces to kick off the Start Seeing Motorcycles campaign, and unveil a proclamation during Motorcycle Awareness month. In addition, IDOT and partners will highlight compelling crash statistics and focus on the responsibility of all motorists to share the road with motorcyclists. | | | | Date Created: | 05 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 468**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043480 Original UID: 23003 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2952: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is updating the Long- Range State Transportation Plan and will be conducting six public open houses to seek input to ensure that transportation policies reflect the needs of Illinois citizens and transportation users. The plan is required by both federal and state regulations and is to be completed by December 31, 2012. | | | | Date Created: | 05 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 513**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043527 Original UID: 23051 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2953: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | May 11, 2012. Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider today announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will adjust its multi-year transportation program to include a $72-million commitment to constructing a new Interstate 74 bridge across the Mississippi River in Quad Cities. Governor Pat Quinn directed IDOT to include a significant construction commitment in the agencys current multi-year funding program for the new I-74 bridge. | | | | Date Created: | 05 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 523**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043538 Original UID: 23060 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2954: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced their plans to heighten enforcement efforts leading up and through the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Hundreds more safety belt enforcement zones and other patrols are planned over the historically and heavily-traveled holiday weekend. In addition, IDOT also launched a new Click It or Ticket public service announcement to further remind motorists the importance of buckling up. | | | | Date Created: | 05 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 540**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043558 Original UID: 23078 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2955: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With thousands of motorists expected to travel on state roadways over Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that road work will be suspended where possible this weekend to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow. IDOT also provided advance notice of lane closures that will be in place for the holiday weekend to aid motorists travel plans and boost safety. | | | | Date Created: | 05 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 607**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043797 Original UID: 23290 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2956: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | With thousands of motorists expected to travel on state roadways during the 4th of July holiday, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that non-emergency road work will be suspended where possible to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow. IDOT also provided advance notice of lane closures that will be in place for the holiday weekend to aid motorists travel plans and boost safety. | | | | Date Created: | 07 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 728**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044381 Original UID: 23910 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2957: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider today kicked off a statewide digital message board campaign to help reduce roadway fatalities occurring this year. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will rotate four key traffic safety messages daily starting Monday, July 9, in conjunction with a social media and internet page presence. As of July 5, provisional crash data reports 479 fatalities have taken place on Illinois roadways this year, as compared to 418 during the same timeframe last year. | | | | Date Created: | 07 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 747**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044439 Original UID: 23928 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2958: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced that traffic pattern changes around the 2012 Illinois State Fair will be implemented starting tomorrow to increase safety and accommodate the parade along with anticipated traffic. Similar to last year, traffic patterns will be changed to a counterclockwise one-way pattern on streets around the state fairgrounds from Thursday morning, August 9, to Monday morning, August 20. Portable, changeable message signs will be located at the fairgrounds advising motorists prior to the traffic pattern change. | | | | Date Created: | 08 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 871**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044622 Original UID: 24115 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2959: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) on Aug. 30 will host an open house public meeting for the Circle Interchange Study to initiate the Preliminary Engineering (Phase I) Study and to gain additional stakeholder input. The studies will take a comprehensive look at transportation needs within the Interstate 90/94 and Interstate 290 interchange study area, focusing on the operational aspects of the Circle Interchange in Chicago. The studies will consist of an assessment of existing and future conditions, analysis of alternatives and refinement of the selected preferred alternative. | | | | Date Created: | 08 16 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 913**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044698 Original UID: 24213 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
| 2960: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced the opening of its Labor Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement effort, and highlighted information depicting the frequent tragedy experienced when a motorist chooses to drive a vehicle after consuming too much alcohol. Illinois has seen a reduction in drunk driving fatalities in recent years, but the numbers still show that many lives are lost or forever changed due to crashes involving alcohol. In addition, law enforcement agencies across the state are amplifying their efforts to crack down on traffic safety law violators leading up to the holiday weekend. | | | | Date Created: | 08 20 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 924**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044733 Original UID: 24224 FIRST WORD: IDOT | |
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