Articles filed under Tollways
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With Route 53 extension dropped, what happens to $54 million in land?Feb 24, 2020 4:30 am - Quashing the proposed extension of Route 53 north into Lake County may have been the easy part. Residents who waged war against the pricey expansion rejoiced when the Il...
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Tollway director has hired 9 Chicago Housing Authority alums. That concerns some lawmakers.Feb 10, 2020 4:00 am - The tally of former Chicago Housing Authority employees in positions paying $85,000 to $195,000 at the Illinois tollway is growing, and that concerns some lawmakers give...
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Prepare to share the road with mega-beamsJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Drivers on some local tollways and expressways should prepare to share the road with some concrete behemoths in the coming weeks. Starting Tuesday, more than 230 concret...
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Machines that don't give change add $152,000 to Illinois tollway coffersJan 06, 2020 4:30 am - Keeping the change from cash-paying customers is adding up for the Illinois tollway. The agency pocketed about $152,000 extra in 2019 from people without I-PASS accounts...
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At last, interchange at Route 47 and I-88 will let Sugar Grove drivers go eastDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - After years with no access to and from the east on I-88, Sugar Grove residents finally can hop onto the Reagan Memorial Tollway from Route 47 and drive to Chicago. The v...
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Tollway boss brings in five former colleagues, at $893,000 a yearDec 09, 2019 4:30 am - It's one thing for new CEOs to bring in their own teams. But recruiting five former co-workers for top positions at the Illinois tollway and paying them nearly $900,000 ...
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Storms in the west, high winds here: What Wednesday's looking like if you're travelingNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - To correct a Nov. 27 story, Gianna Urgo is a spokeswoman for American Airlines. A massive storm brewing out west was affecting some travelers flying to the suburbs...
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Editorial: Failing to give change at toll plazas is just wrongNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - Remember the days before I-PASS when upon encountering a tollway offramp you'd frantically dig around your car for enough change to satisfy the hungry white perforated t...
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Are Illinois tollway payment machines shortchanging cash-paying drivers?Nov 11, 2019 4:30 am - Got family or friends from out of town visiting this Thanksgiving? Tell them to pack nickels and dimes along with the pumpkin pie. That's because the $76,000 automatic p...
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'What's wrong with you guys?' Arroyo scolded tollway after it dumped his donorNov 04, 2019 12:00 am - A former state representative recently arrested on federal bribery charges lambasted Illinois tollway directors for "hanky-panky" in 2016 after they rejected a contract ...