Plan NAL Site Highway Closings
Several public roads running through the 6,800-acre NAL site are to be vacated soon, Kennedy C. Brooks, area manager for the 200 BeV Accelerator Facility office of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has announced.
1. Giese Road (at the western boundary)
2. Kautz Road
3. Feldott Road
4. Holter Road
5. Hadley Road
6. McChesney Road (to the northern boundary)
7. Town Road (to the northern boundary).
Brooks explained that these roads will become private roads within the NAL site at such time as the legal steps for vacation are completed it is anticipated that these actions will take place during May, 1969.
At that time, Brooks said, access to the site from Feldott, Giese, Kautz and Hadley Roads will be subject to restrictions or will be prohibited.
In addition, Brooks said, Kane and DuPage county Highway departments are taking similar actions to vacate Eola and Batavia Roads and Wilson street at the points where they run through the NAL site.
Brooks said that it is planned that continued use of Wilson Street, which links the city of Batavia with Route 59, will be permitted for some additional period as a private road. Access to the NAL site on Batavia Road, from Wilson Road and on Batavia Road at the intersection of the E.J. & E Railroad tracks, will be controlled by gates which may be manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.