MARION – In a well publicized investigative report, released from the noon news anchor on KFVS-TV on the 6:00 p.m. newscast last night, O’ Keefe conducts several interviews about the barrage of crashes on I-57.
During last summer, it was a daily occurrence.
Below this jumped out at me when I viewed the story last night.
“When you approach an urban area, you ramp up your alertness, and we want drivers to do the same in this corridor,” said IDOT District 9 Program Development Engineer Carrie Nelson.
Nelson is referring to a 53-mile stretch of Interstate 57 south of Marion at the Interstate 24 split north to the Interstate 64 interchange in Mt. Vernon.
Believe it or not, IDOT traffic counts show that stretch of I-57 in the heartland is as busy as I-80 near Chicago.
Please click on the link below for the full story and video from Carly O’Keefe from KFVS-TV. Along with her interview of Nelson, she interviews, ISP trooper Joey Watson, and State Representatives Dave Severin and Terri Bryant. -Steve
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/37487213/idot-no-smoking-gun-causing-crashes-on-i-57
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