Construction as part of the Rebuild Illinois project is continuing in Will County starting at 9 p.m. Sunday.
To minimize the expected congestion over the weekend, IDOT is halting non-emergency closures, but drivers should still expect some closures.
The work starting Wednesday will take place on Ninth Street between State and Hamilton streets, the city said.
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Construction will happen on State Street between 10th and 11th streets.
The bridge reopened after IDOT salted the roadway and the bridge was de-iced, a Nixle alert from Lockport Police said.
The Will County Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing the Bell Road bridge across Long Run Creek starting Aug. 3.
The closure will begin at 9 a.m. July 20 and the crossing will reopen by the evening on July 24.
The man was pronounced dead just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
There has been issues with seasonal flooding on Route 6 so IDOT will widen and raise this section of road to correct and increase drainage.
Drivers should avoid the area, and should use 151st Street as an alternate route.
The ambulance rolled on its side, and a Passat was pushed across all lanes and its driver partially ejected, police said.
Improvements will continue to be completed and daytime rolling lane closures will be used when necessary.
The high-visibility crackdown will run Nov. 22 through the holiday weekend and into the early morning hours of Dec. 2.
Traffic configuration on 159th has shifted, and traffic will now use the outermost lane in each direction.
Several roads will be closed for part of or all weekend due to the festival.
Surface installation is scheduled to begin on Friday, June 7 and striping to begin the following Monday, June 10.
Proposed improvements of the project include adding a center two-way left turn lane, upgrading sidewalks, enclosing a ditch and more.
Crews will conduct maintenance on the crossing during the closure.
A sanitary sewer will be installed across Gougar Road during the closure.
State and Ninth streets are both closed due to the leak near downtown Lockport.
Construction activity will be present in the area until the project is completed in December.
Construction in downtown Lockport will ramp up for the summer months.
The road will have patching and resurfacing done, as well as tree removal and tree trimming.
Ninth Street in Lockport will be closed starting Friday night until Monday morning, police said.
Two people were killed in a fatal crash on Monday afternoon on the Ninth Street bridge in Lockport, police said.
​Several other roads in the area are also closed, so be cautious if you are heading out.