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Underground construction part of the Routes 47 and 71 expansions in the Yorkville-area · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Underground construction part of the Routes forty seven and seventy
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  one expansions in the Yorkville area. Written by Joey Weslow,
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  this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. Drivers have had to be patient
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  navigating construction congestion on the south side of Yorkville while
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  the Illinois Department of Transportation widens Illinois Route seventy one.
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  The area is also undergoing a significant Illinois Route forty
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  seven expansion that should alleviate rush hour traffic. To continue
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  a leg of the roadwork south along Route forty seven
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  from Canton Farm Road to Route seventy one, the City
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  of Yorkville will relocate underground utilities out of the proposed
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  roadway area. The city is digging up and relocating a
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  water main that stretches along Route forty seven from the
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  wind Debt Ridge Subdivision out to the intersection of Route
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  seventy one and Root forty seven. While get Out as
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  respet fondsible for a large portion of the project, the
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  city is responsible for covering the costs of the utility's relocation.
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  The City Council approved a proposal of one hundred and
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  fifty one thousand, seven hundred and thirteen dollars, with an
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  additional fifty six thousand, five hundred dollars in direct expenses,
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  with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. To perform all fieldwork, complete the plans,
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  permit the plans, and bid the project. Overall, idot's multi
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  year plan allocates forty three and a half million dollars
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  for the reconstruction with additional traffic lanes of a four
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  point two mile section of Route forty seven from Route
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  seventy one to Campden Farm Road, id as widening Route
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  seventy one from a two lane to a four lane
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  highway with a raised median from Illinois Route one twenty
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  six to Orchard Road in Oswego. This project is projected
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  to be completed by the end of this year. Further north,
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  i DOT is undergoing a massive expansion of the Route
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  forty seven corridor from Kennedy Road in Yorkville out to
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  Sugar Grove's Cross Street. I DOT is involved in all
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  parts of the project, including widening the intersections at Root
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  forty seven and Galina Road. Once completed, Root forty seven
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  will be widened and expanded and will feature pathways and bridges.
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  More accessible to pedestrians. IDOT has slated sixty seven point
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  two million dollars for the four point three mile section
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  for Route forty seven extending from Galena Road in Yorkville
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  to Cross Street in Sugar Grove. I DOT is spending
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  fifty seven point five million dollars more on the two
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  point three mile section from Root forty seven from Galena
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  Road to Kennedy Road in Yorkville. The city is relocating
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  underground utilities in their portions of the roadways slated for construction.
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  The construction is expected to take at least two years
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  to complete. All of the projects are part of a
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  larger design plan to improve traffic congestion in the region,
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  which has seen population growth far outpace the roadway infrastructure,
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  causing traffic headaches. Yorkville Public Works Director Eric Doozy previously
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  said the construction will cause temporary traffic congestion, but will
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  be well worth it in the long run. He said
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  drivers will see a huge improvement on traffic flows, hopefully
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  alleviating the half mile backups during a rush hour A
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  long Route forty seven