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D161 approves Western Avenue traffic study to learn more about backup situation

Flossmoor School District 161 knows it has a traffic backup problem at Western Avenue Elementary School during pickup and drop-off times. A recently approved traffic study could help administrators and the school board learn more about what it’s going to take to fix it.

The school board voted 5-1 on Monday, Jan. 24, to pay Eriksson Engineering Associates Ltd. $7,500 to complete the Western Avenue traffic study. Board Member David Linnear cast the lone dissenting…

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