Kankakee Street crossing closing next week

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Staff Report

    The contractor rebuilding the Union Pacific Railroad crossing at Kankakee Street announced last week that it planned to close the thoroughfare March 27, according to city administrator Scott Murphy.
    Kankakee Street will be closed from Canal Street to the tracks.
    The closure had been slated to begin March 12, but was delayed waiting for Nicor to address some utility issues, The Free Press Advocate was told.
    The contractor, Illinois Constructors Corp., anticipates re-opening the crossing around June 7, and then having a second closure in late summer, Murphy said.
    First Street was closed Tuesday, March 20, for one week, while a box culvert under the road at the tracks is replaced.