New Getting Around Illinois road conditions map
debuts with more local, reliable updates for travelers this winter
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[November 19, 2021]
With winter bearing down and snow starting to
appear in the forecast, the Illinois Department of Transportation is
debuting an improved winter road conditions map on its popular
Getting Around Illinois website. |
“Illinois winters are notorious for changing
quickly and drastically, sometimes over just a few miles. These
improvements to Getting Around Illinois will give travelers
information that’s more reliable and more local,” said Illinois
Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. “I urge you to bookmark and
regularly check this valuable resource to help you stay safe and
prepared throughout the winter.”
Instead of continuing to display conditions by county, the revamped
map will show how weather events are impacting roads under the
jurisdictions of the more than 120 snow-and-ice team sections that
work out of IDOT facilities throughout the state. Additionally,
conditions on interstates and U.S. routes, which carry the most
traffic in Illinois, will be given priority reporting status and
appear more boldly on the map. A short video
on how to utilize the map and review conditions can be viewed
here.
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GettingAroundIllinois.com is available on your computer and optimized for
smartphones, with the winter road conditions feature alone averaging more than
2.5 million pageviews each year. Conditions are recorded by plow drivers out in
the field and relayed through a cloud-based system. The website includes the
ability to identify and zoom in to a location, travel route or destination as
well as look up information on current construction projects and others
identified for improvement in IDOT’s multiyear program.
Winter Road Conditions Map - link
Winter Road
Conditions Map Tutorial - link
[Illinois Office of Communication and
Information]
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