Police close Congress at Holman after balloon event, Chicago IL
Road ClosurePolice closed Congress at Holman to clear the area after a balloon release event. Traffic was blocked to allow the crowd to leave safely. The closure lasted until about 7:55.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
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Transcript:
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Yeah, so just for the air, I got traffic shut down, going westbound on Congress at Holman.
00:05
And the wagons over at Central Park, I talked to their leaders over there that got until 5 to the hour.
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So, 755, they should be out of the street, and we should be clear.
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Otherwise, it's back to normal service.
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All right, 10, 4.11, 10, I got you blocking traffic at Congress and Holman, and we're opening it back up at 755.
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99 in the wagon's at Central Park in Congress and then it'll be clear at the 755 Cute.
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1134 for info.
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1134 for info.
00:32
They're already starting cleaning right here.
00:35
I see about maybe 50, 60 people still.
00:37
They're really released a balloon, so possibly they're going to hear in the next 10-tuning.
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All right, 10-4.
00:43
It looks like they already released the balloons now.
00:45
1110 they did but now everybody has to get out.
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That's why we're going to keep the close for a few minutes to give them an egress to get the hell out of the way so we're not all bowled up over here.
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10-4 and that's we're going to keep the traffic blocked until 755.
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Location mentioned:
Congress & Homan, Chicago, IL 60624
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