Village: Noise Study Approval is ‘Definitely Progress’ on 143rd St. Extension

Next step for the Plainfield project is getting phase 1 engineering approval.

The Village of Plainfield had one more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving as plans for the 143rd Street extension inched forward. A day before the holiday, village staff got word that the Illinois Department of Transportation had signed off on the latest noise study for the project, according to Randy Jessen, the village’s superintendent of public improvements. The proposed project would extend 143rd Street from Route 126 so that it runs through to Route 59, allowing motorists to bypass heavily traveled downtown Plainfield. According to Jessen, the noise study found that the increased traffic that will come with the extension would not be a “significant impact” on the surrounding area. The findings note that the decrease in …

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