Rakow Road: Night Closures Start Monday

In order to get caught up on road work on Rakow Road, a portion of the road between Virginia Road and Route 31 will be closed nightly starting Monday, June 11.

The road will be closed from 8 p.m. each night until 6 a.m. the following morning for about three weeks. A detour map is available on the Rakow Road Construction website.

The following press release was issued on the Rakow Road Construction website regarding the night closures:

In order to make up for delays due to utility relocations and wet spring weather, nightly closures of Rakow Road between Virginia Road and IL 31 are planned. This segment of Rakow Road will be closed at 8 pm and will be reopened to traffic by 6 am the following morning. The closures will be restricted to Monday through Friday.

The closures will begin on July 11 and will last about three weeks. The marked detour route will be Virginia Road at Rakow Road southeast to IL 31 and north on IL 31 to Rakow Road. Access to all businesses will be maintained and maps showing the closure segment, the marked detour route and routes to local streets are available on‐line at the project website www.RakowRoad.com.

Work to be performed during the night closures will be the construction of utility crossings of Rakow Road for sewer and water mains, as well as earth excavation and placement of road embankment. Performing the utility crossings at night will speed their construction and reduce the delay to motorists.

This is the first year of the two‐year program to widen Rakow/Randall Road between Ackman Road and Illinois Route 31. The project is scheduled to be substantially complete in the fall of 2012 and will widen and reconstruct Rakow/Randall Road from two lanes to six lanes between Ackman and Pyott Road and from two lanes to four lanes between Pyott Road and IL 31. The project will also include the construction of dual left turn lanes at key intersections.

Rakow Road project information and project personnel contact information is available at the project website www.RakowRoad.com. In addition, a project information mailing list is available on the website to receive up‐to‐date project information as construction progresses; project update information is also available on Twitter: @RakowRoad.

Call Terry Heffron, Project Liaison, at 630‐205‐1198 for additional information regarding this release.