• Each month, the Kane County Division of Transportation provides the county’s Transportation Committee with an update on roadwork throughout the county and a look ahead at the project scope and duration. Here’s a summary of the August 2017 report, with text and images provided by KDOT. The full report can be seen on the Transportation Committee agenda, starting on Page 63.
  

Longmeadow Parkway

Longmeadow Parkway roadway widening/reconstruction is taking place from west of Randall Road to east of White Chapel Road.

Topsoil continued to be stripped and embankment placed along the new roadway in preparation for anticipated concrete paving starting in August. Multiple crews are laying new storm sewer lines and laterals along Longmeadow Parkway while continuing to work around the weather. Anticipated completion date is November 2017.

• Click here to see the Longmeadow Parkway page on the Kane County Division of Transportation website.

Crew move dirt and install storm sewer along Longmeadow Parkway for the new roadway at the east end of the Longmeadow Parkway – Randall Road to Karen Drive project. (CREDIT: KDOT)

Photo: Sweepers patrol the site as crews install storm sewer and prep the new roadway for the stone base at the east end of the Longmeadow Parkway – Randall Road to Karen Drive project. (CREDIT: KDOT)

Bliss Bridge Replacement Half Done

The first half of the bridge deck has been completed and traffic patterns have been switched to accommodate work on the second half of the bridge for the Bliss Road over Blackberry Creek bridge replacement project. Anticipated completion date is fall 2017.

Crews begin grading and placing aggregate for the new roadway on the Bliss Road over Blackberry Creek Bridge replacement project. (CREDIT: KDOT)

Plank Road Culvert Replacement Completed

Construction continued as crews set the new box culvert, remove the old structure and are wrapping up the remaining site work on the Plank Road over the tributary to Burlington Creek culvert replacement project. The project was completed recently ahead of schedule.

Crews set the new box culvert on the Plank Road over tributary to Burlington Creek Culvert Replacement project. (CREDIT: KDOT)

Crews begin grading and placing aggregate for the new roadway on the Bliss Rd over Blackberry
Creek Bridge replacement project.

KDOT Projects, Links

• Traffic Alerts
• Fox River Bridges
• Stearns Road
• Longmeadow Parkway
• Montgomery Road Study
• Randall Road Highway Safety Improvement Project
• Kirk Road over the Union Pacific RR
• Randall at U.S. Route 20/Weld Road
• Dauberman Road Extension
• Bunker Road Extension
• Bliss/Main/Fabyan Intersection Realignment

Read More

• KDOT July Roadwork: Full Steam Ahead For LMP Storm Sewers, Bliss Bridge Replacement, Plank Road Culvert
• KDOT June Construction Update: Longmeadow Parkway Continues to Move Forward
• KDOT Road Construction Update: May 2017

Work Zone Safety Alert

Drivers in this project area should be prepared to reduce their speed, exercise caution, watch for construction workers and construction vehicles entering or leaving the site, and obey flaggers and other traffic control devices within the work zone.

Drivers should expect delays and may want to add additional time to their commutes and consider the use of alternate routes while this work is completed.

Kane County reminds drivers that is illegal to talk on a cell phone or text while driving through a highway construction work zone. The minimum penalty for spe­eding in a work zone is $375.

Click this link to find out how Kane County Drivers can “make zero fatalities a reality.”