Traffic blocked northbound and southbound on Ashland Ave, Chicago IL


There is a major traffic blockage on Ashland Avenue affecting both directions. Buses need rerouting and extra police units are deployed to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
00:53
Transcript:
00:00
Is that 614 coming in?
00:03
Yes,
00:04
we need another car on Ashland blocking traffic going southbound.
00:09
We're blocking traffic going northbound. And you need to reroute the buses going south and north or 79.
00:19
So we'll reach out to CTA so they can get some supervisors out there and reroute buses going to Ashland. Got it. Thank you, ma'am.
00:26
Can we get another square cart over here that's blocking this traffic down as well? Yes, ma'am, we're going to do the best we can. They should be coming out of roll call. Hopefully they got some extra cars. So as soon as they are up and about, we'll get them all out there.
00:40
I'm going to put my car in one of those spots.
00:43
Okay, 694 stays here. Put his car in one of those spots over in Ashland.
00:47
All right, so they have rerouted the buses on 79 and no one told them to come on Ashland, and we'll work on that for you guys in right now.
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Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
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