The warm weather could be coming to a close at any time, so Kane County Division of Transportation is making as much hay as possible while the sun shines.

In his monthly report to the Kane County Transportation Committee, Assistant Director of Transportation Steve Coffinbargar said good progress has been made in the past month over a number of important upgrades and improvements, ranging from Longmeadow Parkway to Kane County’s first roundabout to Hampshire Creek Bridge replacement.

What follows is a status report on the ongoing roadwork taking place throughout Kane County.

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Longmeadow Parkway Huntley Road to Randall Road Project

Working at a brisk rate, crews are on time and on target as they fine grade and later pave the south side of Huntley Road on the Longmeadow Parkway Huntley Road to Randall Road project. This project is part of the Longmeadow Parkway-Huntley/Boyer Road to Randall Road new roadway construction.

As the project nears completion, crews have completed the reconstruction of portions of Huntley Roads and paved new Longmeadow Parkway as well as paved the new adjacent path.

Work is wrapping up on the traffic signal work and landscape restoration. Traffic will be switched onto new portions of Huntley Road per the plan and final configuration in early October upon the completion of pavement striping. Project completion is anticipated for late October 2016.

Kane County’s First Roundabout

Working on the county’s first modern roundabout at Burlington at IL Route 47 improvement, crews continue fine grading, placing electric conduit, and laying hot mix asphalt pavement. Traffic is now able to take advantage of the new roundabout along IL 47 as crews continue with landscaping and traffic.

The contractor is working on the completion of the Burlington Road legs in anticipation of the intersection street lighting.

The 16 street-beacon lights for the intersection will be installed as soon as they arrive which is targeted for November. The project should be completed late this fall.

2016 Pavement Preservation Program

The 2016 Pavement Preservation program is being wrapped up as crews have completed all of the planned night work and are concentrating on the last roads remaining. Reclamite will be applied to the remaining roads under normal day time hours. Weather permitting, approximately 32 miles of roadway are anticipated to be treated by the end of this month.

Switching to day time operations, crews work very hard at protecting the traffic traveling through their work zones. Crews shown (in the photo above) are placing the pavement rejuvenator on portions of Randall and Kirk Roads which will extend the life of asphalt roads as part of the Pavement Preservation project.

Hampshire Creek Bridge Replacement

A recently completed improvement to replace the Hampshire Creek Bridge on Allen Road finished a week early!

Crews have completed paving the roadway and are working on completing the restoration and landscaping. Finishing a week early did not compromise the beautiful, spot on, paving of a super elevated road on the Allen Road over Hampshire Creek project.

Randall over Sandy Creek

A new galvanized liner with a grout barrier is placed into an old and failing culvert. This design reduced the impact to traffic while saving time and money for the Randall Road over Sandy Creek project. Headwalls and site restoration work will follow.

Crews have installed and grouted the new pipe liner and are working on framing and pouring the two headwalls at either end of the culvert so that the project can be completed this fall.

SOURCE: Kane County Division of Transportation

About the Kane County Division of Transportation

KDOT’s mission is to  provide and maintain a safe and efficient transportation system while maintaining the county’s visions and values. Serving a population of more than 520,000, Kane County’s transportation infrastructure is constantly being enhanced to accommodate growth. Kane County Division of Transportation employees are responsible for the maintenance, planning, design and construction of more than 320 miles of roadway. KDOT also provides technical assistance to the 16 townships and coordinates with a number of different state, regional, and local agencies on transportation and land use issues. For more information, visit the Kane County Division of Transportation website and Facebook page.