First Responders: don’t block shoulders eclipse weekend

https://www.franklincounty-news.com/2017/08/02/first-responders-dont-block-shoulders-eclipse-weekend/

DU QUOIN, IL – (Andrew Feather, WSIL, TV.  Please click on the link for the full story above and the video.  Here is an excerpt below.

Illinois Emergency crews want drivers to remember not to clog the roads the weekend of the eclipse.
With the tens of thousands of people expected to come to southern Illinois for the eclipse next month, traffic will be a major concern.

Stop-and-go, bumper-to-bumper traffic is expected on several roads throughout the region, congested with visitors in town for the event.

But with the frustration that traffic can bring comes the hazard of clogging up roadways for first responders looking to get to an emergency.

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