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Business braces for Route 47 work

By Brittany Keeperman  Illinois Department of Transportation has begun surveying properties along Route 47 for acquisition as it moves forward with its project to widen and improve the highway through […]

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Route 47 funding at crossroads

Woodstock officials figure the city’s Route 47 project will probably win the state support it needs when the Illinois Legislature passes a bill to fund capital projects throughout Illinois. But […]

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Six-year road plan promises millions

More than a dozen Woodstock area projects are part of an $11 billion state plan for road and bridge improvements for fiscal years 2019-2024. Nearly $69.5 million worth of work […]

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Rt. 47 IDOT Construction Plans

State seeks comments on Route 47

A fourth public hearing is scheduled next week as the rebuilding of Route 47 through Woodstock nears the end of the planning phase. The Illinois Department of Transportation has sent […]

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IDOT says Route 47 Project is Moving Forward

The reconstruction of Route 47 through Woodstock is moving forward, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The second part of the three-phase project to widen the highway has been […]

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Rt. 47 IDOT Construction Plans

IDOT Presents Route 47 Construction Plans

It could take more than a decade before crews start work on a multimillion dollar project to widen Route 47, but stakeholders already are asking questions of the Illinois Department […]

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Route 47 Project Moving Forward

The Illinois Department of Transportation will seek approval for five roundabout intersections in Woodstock when its plans for redeveloping Route 47 are presented at a public hearing next year. The […]

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