Kautz Road Detour To Remain Through End Of October

GENEVA, IL — The Kautz Road detour, which has affected northbound traffic for about four weeks, will remain through the end of October, Geneva officials said in an update Monday.

The detour is part of a project between Geneva and St. Charles to reconstruct and widen Kautz Road. Work is taking place between Swenson Avenue in St. Charles and just north of State Street in Geneva.

Construction was originally scheduled to begin in early June but got postponed while contractors "spent the past several weeks resolving the utility conflicts and relocations." Initial work began in late June.

The detour, permitting southbound traffic only from Toni Street in St. Charles to Averill Road in Geneva, will remain in effect through Oct. 28. The official detour directs drivers traveling north on Kautz to go west on Averill Road, north on Kirk Road, east on Stern Avenue and south on Kautz Road.

In late October, construction operations will shift and limit traffic to northbound only until Thanksgiving.

City officials anticipate having all three lanes of Kautz Road open to traffic throughout the winter, weather permitting. The final surface layer, remaining construction and site restoration will commence in the spring.