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Officials hope the morning rush hour will be much better after crews work overnight to repair pavement damaged during construction work downtown on the northbound Kennedy Expressway at Adams Street.
Speaking about 9 p.m., Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman Marisa Kollias said repairs were "going very well" and officials hope "the morning commute will be better."
She said if things continue to go as well has they have been, IDOT hopes that at least one and perhaps both lanes now closed for repair will be reopened before the morning commute.
- After a piece of granite weighing 600 pounds fell to the sidewalk in August, about 1,000 granite panels will be removed from the street-level arcade that lines the exterior of the James R. Thompson Center, the main state office building in downtown Chicago, state officials announced
Doesn't anyone take into consideration Chicago's sometimes brutal weather? How many millions is this going to cost us?
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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They're fucking retards
Second time around with these old freight tunnels on Daley's watch. (They were pumping concrete into an old tunnel under the Kennedy and hit it a little too hard, buckling up sections of roadway above.)
At least this time he didn't flood the entire Loop.
How many millions is this going to cost us?
Much, much more than it is actually worth. Bet on it.
---not a cop
I heard on the radio that some contractor was filling up one of those old freight tunnels with concrete, when it collapsed and took the road with it. Just a few questions:
These tunnels have been fine for over a hundred years. Why are we messing with them?
Who was the firm, and will they be held accountable?
What did this cost IDOT to fix, and who's ultimately footing the bill (us of course, but state or city)?
Wanna bet this whole thing gets glossed over? They are rushing to fix it so they can put a blurb on the news and forget about it before people start asking too many questions. Typical chicago politics.
Addison between Lincoln and Clark was ripped up about six weeks ago with one coat of blacktop put on it over the course of one week, leaving all the sewer covers exposed. Four weeks later, the final coat of blacktop was applied making the surface finally even, this also took a few days to complete. Last week, on this same stretch of road they RIPPED UP A 50-60 FOOT SECTION AT EACH BUS STOP AND ARE REPLACING IT WITH GOD KNOWS WHAT.Now when I say rip it up, I mean they dug a good 10-12 inches down through brand new pavement. There is a bus stop every two blocks in each direction. The city that works, on one cylinder.
Have we all forgotten the debacle a couple years ago when the CTA bought a fleet of trains that - ready for it? - would experience engine trouble when exposed to blowing snow.
Estimated expense on the Kennedy repair (IDOT spokesman)was at least ten million dollars. That's a hell of a night's work!!!!
Look at cicero ave. by midway tore up in sections,and lanes closed another bungled construction project? who did the work let me guess shit walsh construction? You know the company that pays off daley and the 50 morons?
Can they come over to my place and fix the pothole in front of my house that has been there over 2 years???????
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Have we all forgotten the debacle a couple years ago when the CTA bought a fleet of trains that - ready for it? - would experience engine trouble when exposed to blowing snow.
10/15/2009 09:07:00 AM
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Snow? In Chicago? That's unpossible!
Bus stops get cement slabs, because asphalt cant handle the load of repeated stops by buses. An asphalt road eventually gets pushed forward in large ridges.
All of our stimulus $$ being spent. Asphalt every where, should have bought stock in it!! Oh!! lets ask the finance committee how many claims have been made for damaged cars, wheels, bikes, etc. due to the exposed sewer lids.
$$ follow the money.
I'm an architect and have been a mid-level project manager with a downtown Chicago real estate developer. Clout is the problem here, as it always is in Chicago. Think of how badly built the 35th St Police Headquarters building is? Well, that poor construction quality is rampant here, thanks to clouted contractors and in several instances, architectural and engineering firms too.
I suspect that a contractor was pumping concrete into that freight tunnel because it's structurally failing, and tunnel top is probably fairly close to structural pavement for Kennedy. Remember that Kennedy is twenty feet or so below street-grade elevation in this area, while freight tunnel system was below basement level.
"Can they come over to my place and fix the pothole in front of my house that has been there over 2 years???????"
--10/15/2009 10:24:00 AM
Not gonna happen before it starts all over again ths winter. They missed plenty, which are getting bigger and bigger.
"Bus stops get cement slabs, because asphalt cant handle the load of repeated stops by buses. An asphalt road eventually gets pushed forward in large ridges."
--10/15/2009 10:46:00 PM
This cement slab must be a pretty new thing. Guess it came in with the new generation of bus drivers who lay onto that brake like anything.
"Hey. HEY! Ease up. You are not driving a load of meat. These are people back here."
Bitch REALLY hits the brake then.
So there.
(I know, get her number, get a form, make a complaint -- don't make me laugh. This is the CTA.)
I wonder if that genuine psychopath is still working the days towards his retirement on the #96 Lunt bus, or if he's finally graduated to the bottle full-time now. If so, we're all safer. Tall, older white guy, white hair, uniform shirt open showing a white T-shirt. Trap you in the doors, order you off the bus halfway through the run so he can take a huge illegal short cut and arrive "on time," or simply run right the f**k over you at the bus stop if you didn't spot him coming and leap back. You know who you are. Seek professional help.
There are some real corkers out there.
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