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Please be advised that the City of Chicago will conduct a public safety drill\u00a0tonight\u00a0in the downtown area, which may cause traffic disruptions. The drill is\u00a0part of the City\u2019s ongoing effort to engineer security measures in order to mitigate risk to the Central Business District.<\/p>\n
Critical infrastructure assets will be staged at various access points, and the drill will be implemented by city personnel to ensure the safety of large\u00a0public gatherings and heavily trafficked pedestrian areas. The focus of this exercise is to ensure the safety and well-being of residents, workers,\u00a0businesses and peaceful gatherings. The drill is not in response to any event but has been planned for weeks as part of ongoing safety efforts.<\/p>\n
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Access will not be restricted but residents in the area will experience some traffic disruptions from 6-9 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Participating City of Chicago Departments include: Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire\u00a0Department, Chicago Department of Transportation, Streets and Sanitation, Department of Water Management, among others.<\/p>\n To receive emergency alerts for updates on street closures and public transportation, subscribe to Chicago\u2019s text or email alert system at\u00a0NotifyChicago.org<\/a>\u00a0or follow the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) on Facebook<\/a> and Twitte<\/a>r. Please visit\u00a0transitchicago.com<\/a>\u00a0for real-time updates regarding CTA service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alderman Reilly Reports 8\/27\/2020 Please be advised that the City of Chicago will conduct a public safety drill\u00a0tonight\u00a0in the downtown area, which may cause traffic disruptions. The drill is\u00a0part of the City\u2019s ongoing effort to engineer security measures in order to mitigate risk to the Central Business District. Critical infrastructure assets will be staged at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2022 Division Street on the North<\/div>\n\u2022 18th Street on the South<\/div>\n\u2022 Clark Street on the West<\/div>\n\u2022 Lake Shore Drive on the East<\/div>\n