Route 22 roadwork sticking around for the holidays.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2006 | by Malik, Nadia

Byline: Nadia Malik Daily Herald Staff Writer Four lanes on Route 22 through Buffalo Grove and Long Grove may not be a reality until spring - and a full opening may not be until June - even though the roadwork was supposed to be completed Tuesday. Capitol Cement, which is contracting the work from the Illinois Department of Transportation, originally was supposed to have the roadway between Route 83 and Milwaukee Avenue finished by Nov.

30. The company was given an extension until this week because of unforeseen delays with utility companies. "There were ComEd lines that affected the project; it delayed the project," IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey said. Mike Farshchi, vice president of Capitol, said all the utility work was supposed to be completed by...