Drivers frustrated with last phase of Kennedy Expressway construction
CBS Chicago
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '4.640', 'text': "a parking lot. Not sure how we're going"}, {'start': '2.320', 'end': '8.400', 'text': 'to get through a year of this. Will this'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '10.400', 'text': 'be completed by 2035? And quote, "Total'}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '12.719', 'text': 'BS." Just some of the colorful language'}, {'start': '10.400', 'end': '14.559', 'text': "from Facebook comments on ID Dot's page"}, {'start': '12.719', 'end': '16.720', 'text': 'on the Kennedy construction project.'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'Commuters are frustrated. Our Marissa'}, {'start': '16.720', 'end': '21.760', 'text': 'Sulik is live with a status report.'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.840', 'text': 'Marissa?'}, {'start': '21.760', 'end': '25.519', 'text': 'Yeah, Joe and Erica. Idot says that they'}, {'start': '23.840', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'are still projected to be done with this'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '29.679', 'text': 'project before Thanksgiving. That is the'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '31.279', 'text': 'original timeline they had, but for'}, {'start': '29.679', 'end': '33.040', 'text': "those who take the Kennedy, that doesn't"}, {'start': '31.279', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'make it any easier, which is why we want'}, {'start': '33.040', 'end': '37.320', 'text': 'to take a closer look at the work being'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '40.559', 'text': 'done'}, {'start': '37.320', 'end': '42.480', 'text': 'today. Drivers moving only inches is the'}, {'start': '40.559', 'end': '44.640', 'text': 'headache many are experiencing on the'}, {'start': '42.480', 'end': '46.960', 'text': 'outbound lanes of the Kennedy. With the'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '48.879', 'text': 'two left lanes closed since March,'}, {'start': '46.960', 'end': '51.520', 'text': 'drivers can only take the two right'}, {'start': '48.879', 'end': '53.840', 'text': "lanes to O'Hare and the express lanes to"}, {'start': '51.520', 'end': '56.239', 'text': 'the Edens from the loop. It makes me'}, {'start': '53.840', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'question living in Chicago. Katie'}, {'start': '56.239', 'end': '61.760', 'text': 'Conklin is a frequent flyer on I90,'}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '64.000', 'text': 'spending two hours a day in traffic.'}, {'start': '61.760', 'end': '66.159', 'text': "It's in that time she asks a question"}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'many might have. Are there people'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'working? Because I need to make myself'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.560', 'text': 'feel better about living through this'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '74.320', 'text': "and making sure that there's an end."}, {'start': '72.560', 'end': '76.080', 'text': 'Overall, would you say that you guys are'}, {'start': '74.320', 'end': '78.080', 'text': 'still on track to complete this come'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '79.759', 'text': "November? Yes. The contractor's been"}, {'start': '78.080', 'end': '80.799', 'text': 'hitting the dates. John Shoemaker with'}, {'start': '79.759', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'the Illinois Department of'}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'Transportation says while it might not'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '88.640', 'text': 'always look like it, there are 75'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'workers putting in 10-hour shifts each'}, {'start': '88.640', 'end': '92.159', 'text': "day. You definitely don't see everybody"}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '94.000', 'text': "cuz there's a substantial amount of work"}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '96.000', 'text': 'going on underneath the structures as'}, {'start': '94.000', 'end': '98.159', 'text': 'well. Shoemaker says they are repairing'}, {'start': '96.000', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'concrete peers and beams beneath'}, {'start': '98.159', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'bridges, but they are also repaving the'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '104.640', 'text': "interstate. That's where under the"}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '107.200', 'text': 'Kennedy pavement, workers are replacing'}, {'start': '104.640', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'these joints and bridge deck overlays,'}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'which ID says are toward the end of'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '115.840', 'text': 'their lifespan. This part of the project'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '117.439', 'text': 'is already 10 to 20% complete. Just to'}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'extend the life of the bridges another'}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '122.000', 'text': '20 to 30 years. He also says if there is'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '124.079', 'text': 'any silver lining, in a couple months,'}, {'start': '122.000', 'end': '126.560', 'text': "O'Hare drivers will be able to take the"}, {'start': '124.079', 'end': '128.080', 'text': 'express lanes. At some point here later'}, {'start': '126.560', 'end': '131.200', 'text': "this summer, we're going to be opening"}, {'start': '128.080', 'end': '132.959', 'text': 'up uh that ramp back to the local lanes.'}, {'start': '131.200', 'end': '135.680', 'text': "So, we're going to see probably a little"}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '137.920', 'text': 'more equalization between the the locals'}, {'start': '135.680', 'end': '140.080', 'text': 'and the the reversible lanes. As for'}, {'start': '137.920', 'end': '142.640', 'text': 'drivers like Conklin, she says at this'}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '144.480', 'text': "point she's been here before. I'm just"}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '146.560', 'text': 'telling myself like I can make it'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '148.959', 'text': "through this last phase. I've did it all"}, {'start': '146.560', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'three years. So, this is this is it,'}, {'start': '148.959', 'end': '155.200', 'text': 'right? Like I got seven months to go.'}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '157.519', 'text': 'I do says that there will be more ramp'}, {'start': '155.200', 'end': '159.599', 'text': 'closures coming likely after July. They'}, {'start': '157.519', 'end': '162.480', 'text': 'said they will notify drivers those'}, {'start': '159.599', 'end': '164.400', 'text': 'times and locations as it gets closer.'}, {'start': '162.480', 'end': '167.280', 'text': 'Live off the Kennedy, Marissa Sulick,'}, {'start': '164.400', 'end': '169.599', 'text': 'CBS News, Chicago. Joe Erica, thank you'}, {'start': '167.280', 'end': '169.599', 'text': 'Marissa.'}]