I was wiped yesterday. My body just doesn't like getting up in the morning. I'm just not a morning person.
So, in my morning stupor, I was driving to work like normal. For the last two weeks, as I'm driving on Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village, I cross over some train tracks. I think they're just single tracks, normal bells/lights/gates crossing. There's been am orange construction sign that says "Road Construction Begins 05-31-03" near the tracks, and then right at the tracks there's another orange sign that said "This road will be closed 7 days". Higgins Road at that point is 6-lanes wide, and with it being such a heavy track traffic route, I'm thinking there's going to be significant lane closures so that they could do whatever they have to do to the tracks.
I didn't trust that sign. I should have.
Sure enough, Higgins Road is closed, and the detour is to use Oakton. Oakton is 4 lanes, tight, and just cannot support the additional traffic. The commute is now absolute hell. I need a new route. I'll check it out on the way home and see how bad it is going west.
Right now, eastbound sucks.
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