Wacker Drive Construction Will Be Complete By Month's End

By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 15, 2012 5:50PM

Workers laying concrete along Randolph. (Chicago Department of Transportation)

Your commute through the western end of downtown will soon be back to normal. The intersection of Wacker and Jackson will reopen to traffic 2 p.m. today, with the Van Buren Street intersection, the Congress Parkway interchange, and the entire length of Upper and Lower Wacker Drive set to re-open Nov. 30.

That won't be all that's going back to normal. Franklin Street will revert to being a one way northbound street the first week of December from Van Buren to Lake.

CDOT Chairman Gabe Klein said in a statement:

“The reopening of the Jackson intersection is an important milestone in this final stage of the project,” said CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein. “We expect to complete construction soon and open a modern, more efficient and safer Upper and Lower Wacker Drive.”