Crime & Safety

Route 83 Open For Morning Rush Hour After Gas Line is Repaired

Nicor crews finished repairs on a damaged gas line that closed Route 83 and Southwest Highway for more than 12 hours.

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Nicor crews worked through Wednesday evening to fix a damaged gas line at the Route 83 and Southwest Highway intersection on the Palos Park-Palos Heights border.
Nicor crews worked through Wednesday evening to fix a damaged gas line at the Route 83 and Southwest Highway intersection on the Palos Park-Palos Heights border. (Palos Park Police Department)

PALOS, IL — Nicor crews finished repairs on a damaged gas main that closed sections of shortly after midnight Thursday.

A private contractor struck a gas main around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Southwest Highway and Route 83/80th Avenue on the Palos Park-Palos Heights border.

Police and fire officials momentarily considered evacuating Manor Care Health Services-West, 11860 SW Hwy, Palos Heights, which reported natural gas particulates inside the building.

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“The wind shifted and blew the particulates over an unpopulated area,” said Deputy Chief Bill Czajkowski, of the Palos Heights Police Department.

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