This is an exellent point. I was just thinking of this earlier today. How do you think the construction on I-94 will effect the driving tour at DCS'06? I know the tour will now go down 94, but the entire city will be quite a traffic nightmare for a while. Corey 2423 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "d_rex_2002" <rich@...> wrote: > > With 3 months left until DCS 2006 and the DeLorean 25th Anniversary > events, some people are starting to plan their routes to Chicago. > Please keep in mind that there is some major road reconstruction > going on near Chicago that should be avoided, if at all possible. > > More details at: http://www.danryanexpressway.com/ > > Starting April 1st (no fooling), the Dan Ryan expressway (I-94) will > be under MAJOR reconstruction for the next two years. The good news > is that this should not impact most direct routes from Indiana, Ohio > and all points East, as long as you do not travel directly into the > downtown area of Chicago from the any point North of I-80. Most of > the traffic will take I-294 North to avoid this reconstruction, but > keep in mind this will have much of the redirected Dan Ryan traffic, > so you may want to take another "less traveled" alternate. > > If you need a specific re-route recommendation, especially for those > of you transporting your DeLoreans in big, enclosed trailers who much > rather take less congested routes, even if they are a few miles out > of the way. Re-routes further from Chicago will have less traffic. > > NOTE: New speed enforcement photo vans are placed throughout some IL > construction zones and the mailed speeding tickets can be expensive. > > If you would like a re-route recommendation that is not listed on the > website above, email me: Rich [at] dmcnews.com > > Later, > Rich W. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/