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Filed under News   April 30, 2012

Detention Centers, Militarized Red Zones and Mass Evacuations planned for Downtown Chicago During NATO.

The plan to evacuate Chicago seems to be picking up stream.

The Illinois Department of Transportation is testing an emergency plan to shut off access into and out of downtown Chicago. The plan uses a network of highway security gates that are designed to shut down all traffic coming in and out of Chicago in the event of a terrorist attack.

The Illinois DOT is warning truckers that it’s best to avoid the city during the NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21.  There will be a number of driving restrictions and rolling street closures, and the Illinois DOT is testing highway barricades that will block access to all major highways in and out of Chicago.

These barricades, which started being installed on Chicago highways back in 2005, are deigned to restrict or cut off access to roads during an emergency like a bioterrorism attack.

A Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations publication has this to say about the gates: . . .  Read complete report