Articles filed under IDOT
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Budget impasse could cost 52,000 jobs, halt road projectsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Road and bridge construction projects around the suburbs could be halted this summer — along with 52,000 jobs statewide — if lawmakers don't return to Springfield to app...
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Funding cuts mean lighter summer roadwork in the suburbsMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - If you're fuming in gridlock along I-90 this summer, take comfort in the fact it could be much worse. For many drivers in the West and Northwest suburbs, the 2011 constr...
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Express buses could replace STAR Line on I-90May 27, 2011 12:00 am - Fast buses could replace a proposed commuter train service in the future along I-90. Illinois tollway board directors agreed Thursday to partner with the Regional Transp...
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Hoping for another lane? IDOT targets the IkeMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - The Eisenhower Expressway and I go way back. It's one of those dysfunctional relationships. I've driven the Ike through two excruciating resurfacing projects and one rec...
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Tollway naming rights worth exploringMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - Drive along I-90/94 in Chicago and you go past U.S. Cellular Field while on the Dan Ryan Expressway and see the signs to United Center and Wrigley Field while on the Ken...
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Toughen up distracted driving lawsApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - We have opined several times in this space on the dangers of distracted driving. But as Secretary of State Jesse White and other transportation leaders wrote to us recen...
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IDOT sticks to basics in new road planApr 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The state will fix its roads and bridges this year, but ambitious projects such as the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway extension and western bypass or Illiana Expressway will re...
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