![]() ‘Mayor of NASCAR' Jeff Burton reveals why Chicago street race is different Soon though, parts of major Columbus Drive and Michigan Avenue will shut down - and beginning June 28, lane closures on DuSable Lake Shore Drive will begin. Rolling, day-by-day road closures for the street race and music festival, scheduled to take place July 1 and 2, began earlier this month, with mostly sidewalk closures, lane reductions and parking restrictions. "There are going to be some other street closures outside the perimeter or the footprint just based on the race course itself." ![]() "The street closures, as they stand mainly, are for the race course itself," NASCAR representative Anthony Pascante said Tuesday during a joint press conference with city agencies including the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, the Chicago Police Department, and the Chicago Department of Transportation. The scaffolding for great big grandstands has gone up, and orange cones, construction fences and "No Parking" signs are lining more than a dozen streets and sidewalks near Grant Park and the Loop in Chicago for next month's first-ever NASCAR street race.īut according to organizers, the biggest road closures are yet to come.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |