Westbound Broadway closed to control traffic during event, Pekin IL
Road ClosurePolice coordinated closure of westbound Broadway and nearby intersections near 9th, 10th, and 11th streets in Pekin to redirect vehicles and reduce heavy traffic congestion during an event staging. Confusion among drivers led officers to block traffic at multiple points to control flow.
Audio|Source: Tazewell Sheriff/Pekin Police Main
03:48
Transcript:
00:00
Are you at night in Broadway?
00:04
Yes.
00:06
Do you know how we're still getting a bunch of traffic down, Highland?
00:14
No, I've kind of shut down for about five or ten minutes.
00:17
I don't know if they're just pulling down there and then turning around.
00:21
Yep, thank you. Okay.
00:28
Somebody going to block off Westbound Broadway for like tonight?
00:38
What was the flash traffic?
00:44
command three? What was the last traffic about tonight?
00:52
They have staging on this westbound lane of Broadway,
00:57
and they were supposed to start staging at like 4.30, so I hope we're going to block off leftbound at like 9th or 10th to get them to shuffle north or what, but there's people still come in Westbound right now, I can't block it off.
01:12
All right, same by. You don't want the Metson course?
01:16
You don't want them at first time? No.
01:18
Speaking about five, I'll be out.
01:20
Densler.
01:25
Enforcement 2, your status?
01:28
Forcement 2, Temple.
01:30
Copy.
01:31
All right, I'm back at 9th, Jen, I'll get this shut down here, just right.
01:35
Yep.
01:40
18, you're set of?
01:42
24.
01:45
Josh, you might want to get with Brian. I was thinking we weren't shutting down westbound so at least five o'clock.
01:57
Oh, alright.
02:03
When I talk to the parade manager, they're just setting up on eastbound, length of traffic, not westbound.
02:12
Okay, I was going to see.
02:17
Okay,
02:24
as we'll stand for a paper.
02:32
I'll be out of the Dominoes on Court Street and Peking.
02:40
Stamler. You can Paltz File will be taken.
02:47
Stampler.
02:49
Sam 1, Command 1,
02:53
Command 3.
03:00
It sounds like most people aren't following the instruction where they're supposed to drop off. It's creating a lot of confusion down here. She just said, the same as we can shut off westbound, they would appreciate it.
03:12
Okay.
03:17
Don't have anybody at 14th yet, correct?
03:20
Or 11th, I mean,
03:22
don't have anybody stationed there yet?
03:28
I was going to put up until...
03:34
Carvel's 116-9-7.
03:36
Yeah, they're just going to pop back out and become a bigger cluster. We need to shut them off at like 11th and send them somewhere else. I'll walk up there.
03:43
I have 7 on this point up in 9th, right?
03:46
Direction 11th right now, I mean.
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11th St, Pekin, IL 61554
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