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Traffic lights out causing congestion at Western and Van BurenChicago IL

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W Van Buren St & S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

Traffic lights are out at the intersection of Western Avenue and Van Buren Street, causing traffic to back up. Streets and Sanitation have been notified and officers are monitoring the situation.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
00:38
Transcript:
00:00
Tan, I'm getting this traffic control around Western and Van Buren in regards to all the traffic lights are out.
00:04
The traffic starting to back up. It looks like Streets and San was notified.
00:07
Say that again?
00:12
Streets and San was notified in regards to the traffic lights being out.
00:18
No, right.
00:23
If a unit becomes available and they want to take over, I look over there and if traffic control needs to be done, but there's not much else we can do and if it's warm, it's going to be a busy day. So, unless it's an emergency,
00:35
we'll wait through streets and say it.
00:37
Yes, ten four, we only had one call.

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W Van Buren St & S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
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