SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Road construction will resume on LaGrange Road (U.S. 45) in the southwest suburbs on February 28, weather permitting.

Traffic on LaGrange Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction roughly from Route 83 to north of Archer Avenue. The eastbound Archer Avenue ramp to northbound La Grange Road is scheduled to be closed beginning in late March through mid-May. Traffic will detour north on Willow Springs Road to Joliet Road east to
La Grange Road.

The $53.1 million project involves the reconstruction of a 4.2 mile section of LaGrange Road from Archer Avenue (IL 171) to the Cal Sag Channel. Improvements include complete pavement removal and replacement with the addition of shoulders, barrier median wall and highway lighting. Other improvements include turn lanes at the 95th Street and 111th Street intersections. The interchange at Archer Avenue will also be rebuilt.

This is the second year of the two year construction project. Last year’s work involved pavement reconstruction north of 87th Street to Archer Avenue.

The construction project is a joint venture between Lorig Construction and Lindahl Brothers of Des Plaines. Work is scheduled to be completed by November 1, 2004.