Widening and improvement of a section of Route 47 through Woodstock is funded through a capital spending plan proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation. City officials said Monday they had been notified of the plan to budget $57 million for improvements for 2 miles from U.S. 14 to Route 120, […]
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 “when” is the key word. “There’s not a lot definitive right now,” Mayor Brian Sager said recently after returning from a lobbying trip to Springfield. […]
Widening and improvement of Route 47 through Woodstock is only $120 million from reality. That’s the figure city officials discussed with staffers of the Illinois Department of Transportation during a two-day visit to Springfield last week. “We were the first ones there,” City Manager Roscoe Stelford said of the four-man contingent that apparently put the […]
Woodstock man may have been wearing earbuds when he was hit, police say A 25-year-old Woodstock man was killed when he was hit by an SUV while riding a bicycle on Route 47 Aug. 15. Robert Amos James was riding north on Route 47 when he crossed into an intersection and was struck by a […]
The southwest corner of Highway 14 and Route 47 could soon have a gas station, convenience store and storage facility after the Woodstock City Council approved a special-use permit for the development. Glenview-based Pearl Street Commercial LLC plans to build a Casey’s General Store and an indoor storage facility at 2000 S. Eastwood Drive, the […]
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 funded by the state, according to Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager. “We heard two key points of good news from Secretary [of Transportation] Randy Blankenhorn,” Sager […]
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 of Transportation. Dozens of Woodstock residents and business owners crowded into a Feb. 21 meeting of the Woodstock City Council to hear IDOT’s plans for […]
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 roundabouts are part of a $75 million project which was detailed for local business owners at a meeting hosted by IDOT officials at the Woodstock […]
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