PennDOT is planning a sound abatement wall project in parts of Chester along I-95. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY - DAILY TIMES) He also warned that the walls will reduce the sound but it won’t eliminate it.

CHAMPAIGN — A noise-abatement wall panel along Interstate 74 in Champaign that was damaged last month when a car left the highway will be replaced before the work is complete.

Starting Monday, Illinois Department of Transportation crews will be taking down existing noise abatement walls on Route 53 between Dundee and Lake Cook roads.

A reader asks if noise-reduction walls will be part of the I-26 widening project, and readers note that a shredded paper recycling option exists.

Residents near 248th Avenue in southwest Naperville are invited to a discussion on the location of noise reduction walls proposed between 95th and 103rd streets.The Illinois Department of ...