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Village announces more delay for Dixie Highway viaduct project because of utility conflict

Homewood officials announced Monday, June 15, that the Dixie Highway viaduct drainage project will be delayed further after crews discovered a utility conflict that has to be resolved before construction can begin.

The village was notified by the Illinois Department of Transportation that the contractor, Iroquois Paving, will suspend work temporarily after discovering a NICOR gas line is in the way of the new 48-inch drainage line that will replace the existing, partially collapsed drainage…

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