Articles filed under Tollways
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Fewer collectors, but higher employee costs for tollwayJan 21, 2013 4:00 am - Government agencies talk a lot these days about increasing efficiency, doing more with less, scraping by on nothing, etc., etc. On paper, the Illinois State Toll Highway...
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Tollway approves $125 million for work on Jane AddamsJan 11, 2013 6:42 pm - The Illinois Tollway is approving five construction projects totaling $125 million for work on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The rebuilding and widening projects ar...
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Tollway traffic cameras give the bad or good newsJan 08, 2013 9:37 am - Do you want to know how slow your commute will be? Or would you prefer the bumper-to-bumper trip to be a pleasant surprise? Drivers who want the bad news in advance can...
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Tollway need could be bonus for Lake County forest districtJan 07, 2013 11:51 am - Good timing could result in significant land restoration and expanded public access to the Des Plaines River Trail in northern Lake County much sooner than expected and ...
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Illinois tollway revenue up in 2012, despite boycott threatsJan 04, 2013 1:24 pm - They swore to boycott the Illinois tollway after rates spiked in 2012, but everything from bad weather to kamikaze deer to sheer convenience kept many drivers on toll ro...
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Oswego family back home after mom delivers baby along Reagan TollwayJan 01, 2013 4:30 am - Megan Martinez knew time was critical when she woke around 7:30 a.m. Friday and realized she was in labor with her second child. What the 28-year-old Oswego woman never ...
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Planes, trains and automobiles: A look at 2013Dec 30, 2012 10:00 pm - Today we will journey — to the future! Sort of. Four experts have lent their visionary powers to this column to forecast the major transportation stories of 2013. But f...
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Chicago Skyway fare to rise to $4 next yearDec 25, 2012 6:00 am - It's going to cost motorists more to travel on the Chicago Skyway next year. Tolls will jump from $3.50 to $4 on the Chicago Skyway starting Jan. 1. That 8-mile stretch ...
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One injured in tollway accidentDec 19, 2012 7:04 pm - One person was injured Wednesday evening in a one-car accident on the Northwest Tollway, according to police. A spokesman for the Illinois State Police said the accident...
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Tollway faces hurdles for expressway extension, interchangeDec 13, 2012 4:56 pm - More than $162 million of the Illinois tollway’s just-approved 2013 budget is earmarked for work on the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway extension and an interchange at I-57 and ...