Kirk Road in Batavia to close this weekend for railroad repairs

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, but other closures will remain over the holiday weekend.

Batavia motorists should expect significant traffic impacts this weekend as Kirk Road will be closed for railroad track repairs.

Kirk Road will be closed in both directions between Wilson Street and Hubbard Avenue from 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15 through Tuesday morning, Nov. 19.

Motorists will be detoured to an alternate route, but details of the temporary traffic pattern have not yet been released.