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Traffic on the outbound Kennedy Expressway was snarled Saturday as the highway remains reduced to one lane through the weekend while crews remove the last parts of the Montrose Avenue bridge for reconstruction.
Active and sustainable transportation is often assumed to exclusively be the bailiwick of urban life. The importance of transit service and walking and biking infrastructure to the suburbs connecting residents to jobs and cultural activities in the city, as well as providing healthy and safe recreation in their own backyards can get short shrift. The Active Transportation Alliance put a spotlight on communities outside the Chicago city limits last week with Suburban Action Week, an impressive lineup of twenty-five virtual workshops, advocacy talks, and county updates covering transportation issues relevant to the six million Chicagoland residents living outside the city.
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The southbound lanes of Harlem Avenue were shut down at 60th Street for more than four hours Friday as crews repaired a water main break.
The break was reported about 9:20 a.m. on the Southwest Side by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
All lanes were open again by 2:45 p.m., according to IDOT spokeswoman Maria Castaneda. Next Up In News
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George M. Lammers, 80, of Wilson, WY; formerly from Alton, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 4:51 a.m. at his home surrounded by his family.
He was born on December 25, 1940 in Alton, IL, the son of George Mitchell Sr. and Annamae (Horn) Lammers.
On September 10
th, 1966 he married Joan Wilder Emery. She preceded him in death on December 2, 2020.
George was a civil engineer, having graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale. He retired in 1988, after a 25-year career with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Besides spending time enjoying retired life with his family and grandchildren, George also enjoyed golfing, fishing, snow skiing, sport shooting, flying, and traveling.