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FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Vol. 7 No. 30
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Student brings BB gun to BHS by laura KatausKas Staff reporter Long considered a headache, proposed changes for I-55 and Weber Road have been in discussion for years and now Phase 1 of a study to redirect traffic is nearly complete with plans for specific improvement to decrease delays by 60 percent underway. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is conducting the project. Representatives from Will County, the Village of Bolingbrook, and the Village of Romeoville have been invited to take part in the stakeholder involvement process on this section of road that sees 150,000 vehicles per day.
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Student brought a BB gun to Bolingbrook High School to retaliate against a teacher who gave him a bad grade
PROPOSED ‘DIVERGING-DIAMOND- INTERCHANGE
By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
WEBER ROAD
“CROSSED-OVER” THROUGH MOVEMENT ON WEBER ROAD “CROSSED-BACK” THROUGH MOVEMENT ON WEBER ROAD RIGHT-TURN MOVEMENT ONTO FREEWAY RAMP UNOPPOSED LEFT-TURN MOVEMENT ONTO FREEWAY RAMP
OpERaTIONS BENEfITS >>>>>>>>>>>
SIGNAL-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER SIGNAL-CONTROLLED OFF RAMP PEDESTRIAN-ACTUATED SIGNAL
• 2040 dIvergIng DIaMOND COMpaRED TO 2040 standard dIamond:
— pM DElay REDuCED 61% northbound weber; 42% SOuTHBOuND wEBER;
• left turns and rIght TuRNS ONTO TO RaMpS “fREE-flOw”
— aM DElay REDuCED 91% NORTHBOuND wEBER; 39% SOuTHBOuND wEBER;
• waItIng reduced by use of two-phase sIgnals
• overhead sIgnIng to dIrect drIvers
A 14-year-old student brought a BB gun to Bolingbrook High School to retaliate against a teacher who gave him a bad grade, forcing the school into a hard lockdown before the student was secured minutes later. Bolingbrook Police Lt. Mike Rompa said the male student confronted a teacher about a grade he received and then threatened the teacher with a BB gun while inside a classroom during a passing period at approximately 8:30 a.m. Jan. 30. The student then fled to a restroom where he was secured by police. Rompa said officers were able to determine the student acted alone. Police >> See BHS | page 2