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Streator council asks IDOT to study safety at Illinois Route 18 and Cane Lake Road after resident plea
Summary
A resident described multiple crashes and near misses at the intersection of Illinois Route 18 and Cane Lake Road; the Streator City Council unanimously adopted a resolution asking the Illinois Department of Transportation to take action.
STREATOR — A Streator resident told the City Council she has seen “a lot of very near misses” and urged officials to press state authorities to improve safety at the intersection of Illinois Route 18 and Cane Lake Road, and the council voted to ask the Illinois Department of Transportation to act.
Jordan Russo, who identified herself during the council’s public-comment period, said she installed a memorial at the intersection after her partner died there last year and described repeated dangerous driving at the site. "People speed through that intersection,"…
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