NOTICE

OPEN HOUSE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

FOR U.S. 34 FROM EAST OF IL 47 TO WEST OF ORCHARD ROAD IN YORKVILLE

WEDNESDAY

NOVEMBER 16, 2005

4 PM TO 7 PM

TO BE HELD AT THE YORKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

702 GAME FARM ROAD

YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS

(NO FORMAL PRESENTATION)

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT 3 OFFICE, WILL CONDUCT AN OPEN HOUSE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF U.S. 34 TO A FOUR LANE CURB AND GUTTER URBAN PAVEMENT SECTION, FROM MARKET PLACE DRIVE (EAST OF IL 47) EASTERLY 3.4 MILES TO WEST OF ORCHARD ROAD IN YORKVILLE.

PROPOSED IS RECONSTRUCTING THE EXISTING TWO LANE FACILITY TO A FOUR LANE ROADWAY WITH A MEDIAN. THE TWO LANES SERVING EACH DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC WILL BE SEPARATED BY A TRAVERSABLE OR RAISED CURB MEDIAN. ADDITIONAL WORK WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS WILL INCLUDE CURB AND GUTTER, ENTRANCES, STORM SEWER, AND OTHER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. INTERSECTIONS WILL BE IMPROVED AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE INSTALLED OR IMPROVED AS WARRANTED. ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

IDOT PERSONNEL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CITIZENS MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT. RELATED EXHIBITS, MAPS, AND PLANS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL PRESENTATION. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE.

DISABLED PERSONS PLANNING TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER OR OTHER SIMILAR ASSISTANCE, SHOULD NOTIFY MR. TED FULTZ OF THIS OFFICE. WRITE TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 700 EAST NORRIS DRIVE, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS 61350 (FAX 815/434-8553) OR TELEPHONE 815/434-8469 (TDD NUMBER 815/434-8510) SO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE.